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Last American Military Plane Leaves Afghanistan, Ending 20-Year War: General
by Jack Phillips

The United States officially has ended its military presence with the final U.S. military flight out of Kabul, concluding 20 years of American involvement in Afghanistan after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) head Gen. Frank McKenzie said during a televised address that the last C-17 military plane cleared Afghan airspace after lifting off at around 3:29 p.m. ET Aug. 30. That came hours before President Joe Biden’s Aug. 31 deadline for shutting down the final airlift.

“I’m here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from Afghanistan and the end of the military mission to evacuation American citizens, third-country nationals, and vulnerable Afghans,” McKenzie said on Aug. 30.

There are still Americans who remain in Afghanistan “in the low hundreds,” he said in response to a reporter’s question, adding that the military and State Department will work to evacuate those individuals. A Pentagon spokesman earlier on Aug. 30 said that around 600 still remain in the country.

“We didn’t get out everyone that we wanted to get out,” the general said, adding that it is a “tough situation.”

McKenzie’s comments, however, appear to contradict a statement made by Biden when he told ABC News on Aug. 18 that “if there’s American citizens left” in Afghanistan, “we’re going to stay to get them all out.”

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