The US formally begins withdrawing its last troops from Afghanistan, bringing its longest war nearer to an end but also heralding an uncertain future for a country in the tightening grip of an emboldened Taliban u.afp.com/UWNa 
US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, following the 9/11 terror attacks, targeted Al-Qaeda in the sanctuaries provided by the then Taliban government
As the US formally begins withdrawing troops, a timeline of the last two decades: u.afp.com/UWNE
As the US formally begins withdrawing troops, a timeline of the last two decades: u.afp.com/UWNE
US troop deployment and death tolls in Afghanistan since 2001 #AFPgraphics
NATO troops stationed in Afghanistan as of February 2021 #AFPgraphics
As the US withdraws from Afghanistan, battles rage daily between Afghan government forces and the militants across Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban who ruled the country in the 1990s with a harsh version of Islamic sharia law
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Thousands of interpreters have left Afghanistan after getting visas from the US and other NATO countries - but permits have dried up as US troops begin to formally withdraw
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