{"id":183055,"date":"2021-04-19T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=183055"},"modified":"2021-04-18T04:58:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T03:58:24","slug":"nato-initiates-full-withdrawal-from-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2021\/04\/nato-initiates-full-withdrawal-from-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO Initiates Full Withdrawal from Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After two decades of unsuccessful military intervention, NATO recognized that there is no military solution to the challenges Afghanistan faces.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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A military vehicle of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. | Photo: Twitter\/ @infoitinterno<\/p><\/div>\n

15 Apr 2021 – <\/em>The allies of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) yesterday agreed to pull out all of their armed forces from Afghanistan after the United States announced that its troops would leave the country by Sept. 11.<\/p>\n

The U.S. invaded Afghanistan in 2001 following the 9\/11 attacks, with other NATO members also deploying military forces to the country.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0invasion\u00a0was a bid “to confront al-Qaeda and those who attacked the United States, and to prevent terrorists from using Afghanistan as a safe haven to attack us,” according to a statement after a virtual NATO foreign and defense ministers’ meeting on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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In light of this and recognizing that there is no military solution to the challenges Afghanistan faces, NATO allies have determined to start the military withdrawal by May 1 and will finish it within a few months, the statement said, adding that this drawdown will be “orderly, coordinated, and deliberate.”<\/p>\n

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#NATO<\/a> Allies agreed today to begin withdrawing forces from #Afghanistan<\/a> \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddeb by May 1, starting a new chapter in the NATO-Afghanistan relationship. The drawdown is planned to take place over the next few months. <\/p>\n

\u2139\ufe0f https:\/\/t.co\/RZeIapcgOW<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ObmTzlckjG<\/a><\/p>\n

— Carmen Romero (@NATORomeroC) April 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n