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Afghanistan withdrawal

Chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.

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Jan 14, 2026
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How many wars did Biden end?

President Biden can be credibly credited with ending one major, long-running U.S. combat engagement: the American combat mission in Afghanistan, concluded with the August 2021 withdrawal from that cou...

Jan 26, 2026
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allied troups stayed behind in afgahnistan

did not remain in after the 2021 withdrawal; and coalition forces completed an organized drawdown that ended with the last military aircraft leaving on August 30, 2021 . What remained — and what domin...

Jan 26, 2026
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allied troups did not fight in afghanistan

The claim that "" is contradicted by decades of public records: and non‑ coalition forces participated in combat, major offensives, training missions and suffered substantial casualties alongside US f...

Jan 25, 2026

Which U.S. military operations did the Trump administration expand, continue, or withdraw from between 2017 and 2021?

simultaneously expanded certain outward-facing footprints and high‑profile capabilities, continued long‑running counterterrorism and regional missions, and pursued selective withdrawals and drawdowns—...

Feb 4, 2026

What did president biden do good/bad

presided over notable legislative and policy wins—, semiconductor and clean-energy incentives, expanded social supports, drug pricing reforms, and a large post-pandemic jobs recovery—that supporters c...

Feb 2, 2026

Was Joe Biden a great president

’s presidency left a record of substantial policy achievements—major infrastructure and semiconductor investments, pharmaceutical price negotiation, expanded benefits and sustained job growth—while al...

Jan 9, 2026

How did the Biden administration alter withdrawal timelines and force posture compared with the Trump-era deal?

President Biden departed from the Trump-era Doha agreement by replacing a May 1, 2021, date-certain exit with a phased drawdown that began May 1 but set a U.S. final withdrawal by late summer 2021—ini...