WATCH: President Biden Speaks About Kabul Evacuation

August 16, 2021
US soldiers rest as Afghan people (not pictured) wait to leave the Kabul airport in Kabul on August 16, 2021, after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan's 20-year war, as thousands of people mobbed the city's airpor... US soldiers rest as Afghan people (not pictured) wait to leave the Kabul airport in Kabul on August 16, 2021, after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan's 20-year war, as thousands of people mobbed the city's airport trying to flee the group's feared hardline brand of Islamist rule. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP) (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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August 16, 2021

After nearly twenty years of occupation, the U.S. is scrambling to complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan. 

The military is currently evacuating scores of American citizens and Afghans who helped the war effort from Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport — the last significant part of the country not under Taliban control.

It follows a week in which the U.S.-trained Afghan army and government melted away in the face of a Taliban offensive.

After two predecessors who promised to withdraw from Afghanistan but ended their presidencies with troops remaining in the country, Biden is the first president to follow through on the promise.

Watch Biden's remarks here:

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After nearly twenty years of occupation, the U.S. is scrambling to complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan. 

The military is currently evacuating scores of American citizens and Afghans who helped the war effort from Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport — the last significant part of the country not under Taliban control.

It follows a week in which the U.S.-trained Afghan army and government melted away in the face of a Taliban offensive.

After two predecessors who promised to withdraw from Afghanistan but ended their presidencies with troops remaining in the country, Biden is the first president to follow through on the promise.

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