Tuesday, 18 May 2021 (YJC) _ US Central Command released a statement and announced US withdrawal from Afghanistan is completed Up to 20%.
The United States’ military withdrawal from Afghanistan is up to 20 percent complete, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Monday.
“US Central Command estimates that we have completed between 13-20% of the entire retrograde process,” the combatant command responsible for the Middle East and parts of Central Asia said in a statement.
CENTCOM added that the military has removed the equivalent of 115 C-17 military transport planes of material out of the war-torn country and has designated over 5,000 pieces of equipment for demolition.
The US has also handed over control of five military facilities to Afghan counterparts, the statement said.
The United States invaded Afghanistan ostensibly to destroy the al Qaeda* terror group (banned in Russia), which planned the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington from Afghan soil. But the effort morphed into an extended attempt to establish a democracy.
During the intervening years, the Taliban regrouped and gained control of large parts of the nation in what has become America’s longest war.
US President Joe Biden announced the decision to end the Afghan campaign in April following an extensive policy review, which began upon assuming office earlier this year.
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