Watch Live: Biden to announce withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by 9/11
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Washington — President Biden is poised to announce Wednesday plans to pull all U.S. military forces from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, a move that would bring an end to America's longest war by the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon.
Mr. Biden is expected to make remarks "on the way forward in Afghanistan, including his plans and timeline for" the drawdown of U.S. troops, from the Treaty Room at the White House, the same place where former President George W. Bush announced airstrikes in Afghanistan on October 7, 2001. Following his speech, Mr. Biden is scheduled to visit Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery, where service members who died in America's most recent wars are buried. A senior administration official said the September 11 deadline for having troops out of Afghanistan is "not conditions-based."More Related News