Posted on 07/07/21
| News Source: The Hill
The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is “more than 90 percent” completed, the military said Tuesday.
The update from U.S. Central Command — the first time the military has provided an updated percentage since it said the withdrawal was more than 50 percent done a month ago — comes after the United States vacated its largest airbase in Afghanistan after nearly 20 years.
Last week’s departure from Bagram Airfield, which over the course of the war was transformed from a crumbling former Soviet base to a hub of American activity complete with fast food restaurants, marked a symbolic end to the United States’ longest war.
But the Pentagon has said the final withdrawal from Afghanistan will not be done until late August.
The Defense Department has not said how many U.S. troops remain in the country nor where they are. But reports have indicated several hundred are helping secure the Kabul airport, along with the several hundred who are expected to secure the U.S. Embassy even after the withdrawal is complete.