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US Withdrawal from Afghanistan 2021

The US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, led by President Biden, and the events surrounding it.

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Jan 13, 2026
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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...