After Two Decades, US Ends Combat Mission In Afghanistan

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After Two Decades, US Ends Combat Mission In Afghanistan WASHINGTON: After two decades, thousands of dead and millions of lives impacted, the US has ended its formal combat mission in Afghanistan. The last C-17 exited Hamid Karzai International Airport at 3:29 PM eastern time – just before the calendar flipped to Aug 31 Kabul time, the deadline for America's withdrawal. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the…

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