Biden announces troops will leave Afghanistan by September 11
CNN – President Joe Biden announced his decision to end America’s longest war on Wednesday, saying the conflict with Afghanistan no longer aligned with America’s priorities.
The president said he would withdraw US troops before Sept. 11, which will be the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that launched the war in the first place.
“War in Afghanistan was never meant to be a multigenerational undertaking,” Biden said during his remarks from the White House Treaty Room, the same location from which President George...