In this handout provided by US Central Command, US Army Major General Chris Donahue boarded a C-17 cargo plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport.
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In this handout provided by US Central Command, US Army Major General Chris Donahue boarded a C-17 cargo plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport.
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before The last US plane left Afghanistan, and put an end to it America’s longest warA man boards a C-17 cargo plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.
US Army Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue was the last US soldier to leave the country on Monday. He is the commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, the 18th Airborne Corps.
A flyer provided by US Central Command shows Donahue boarding the plane carrying US Ambassador to Afghanistan Ross Wilson.
Their departure was the final end of A mission of nearly 20 years which started shortly after September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
In the intervening years, more than 800,000 soldiers have served in Afghanistan. the war take lives 2,461 American soldiers and civilians were killed and 20,000 wounded. The number of casualties included 13 US service members Who was he Killed last week In an attack outside Kabul airport.
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken outlined America’s engagement in Afghanistan moving forward, calling it a new chapter “in which we will lead our diplomacy.”
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