Foreign Affairs | Carter Malkasian
Five years ago, the 20-year American war in Afghanistan came to an inglorious end. In April 2021, the United States began its final withdrawal, with the goal of pulling out the 2,500 U.S. troops that remained in the country by September. Within weeks of the first U.S. departures, the Taliban had swept up scores of positions as Afghan government forces melted away.
By early August, the group had taken control of most provincial capitals. Finally, on August 15, 2021, the U.S.-backed government in Kabul collapsed. Hundreds of thousands of terrified Afghans besieged the city’s airport, and roughly 120,000 were evacuated.
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