Afghan withdrawal

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives remarks during a 9/11 commemoration event to mark the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, at the State Department in Washington, US, September 10, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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Blinken defends Afghan withdrawal at testy US congressional hearing

Members of Congress - Biden's Democrats as well as opposition Republicans - have pledged to investigate since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan last month after a rapid advance

British soldiers arrive at Kandahar air base at the end of operations for US Marines and British combat troops in Helmand October 27, 2014. A fleet of planes and helicopters airlifted the last US and British forces from a key base in southern Afghanistan on Monday, a day after the international coalition closed the massive facility and handed it over to the Afghan military. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
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British minister says he was wrong on Afghan veterans taking their own life