President Joe Biden announced a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, bringing an end involvement in a conflict that has stretched almost two decades.“I’ve concluded that it’s time to end America’s longest war,” Biden said. “It’s time for our troops to come home.”Biden noted that he inherited a diplomatic agreement made by Donald Trump’s administration with the Taliban that all U.S.
forces would be out by May 1. Biden said that instead, the withdrawal would begin on that date and would “not conduct a hasty rush to the exit.”“We will not take our eyes off the terrorist threat,” Biden said, vowing to reorganize counterterrorism capabilities to prevent the reemergence of terrorism.Biden said that he spoke on Tuesday with
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