Biden Withdraws US Troops from Afghanistan

A Controversial Decision

The Withdrawal

On Sunday, minutes before President Biden announced the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan to the world, he informed several of his advisers, including Anita, Lloyd Doggett of Texas. Doggett became the first elected Democrat to call for Biden to withdraw on July 2. The next day, Biden met with a group of Democratic...

President Biden announced on Sunday that he had ordered the withdrawal of all US forces from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021. The decision was made despite advice from some of his senior-most advisers in the Pentagon and State Department. Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, had both expressed a desire to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan and end the war, which has been ongoing for nearly 20 years...