Afghanistan Is Not Done With Us; Four Long-Term Dangers Await

Afghanistan Is Not Done With Us; Four Long-Term Dangers Await
Afghanistan Is Not Done With Us; Four Long-Term Dangers Await

  The message was clear, from the mouths of military officials, the State Department and President Joe Biden himself: Aug. 30 marked the official end of the US war in Afghanistan. But, as Mark Cancian writes below, just because the US has decided it is done with Afghanistan does not mean Afghanistan is done with…

After Two Decades, US Ends Combat Mission In Afghanistan

After Two Decades, US Ends Combat Mission In Afghanistan
After Two Decades, US Ends Combat Mission In Afghanistan

WASHINGTON: After two decades, thousands of dead and millions of lives impacted, the US has ended its formal combat mission in Afghanistan. The last C-17 exited Hamid Karzai International Airport at 3:29 PM eastern time – just before the calendar flipped to Aug 31 Kabul time, the deadline for America’s withdrawal. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the…