KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — The U.S. military has started its total withdrawal from Afghanistan, the top U.S. leader there said Sunday, marking the start of the finish of the US's almost 20-year-old conflict in the country.
"I presently have a bunch of requests," said General Austin S. Miller, the top authority of the U.S.- led alliance in Afghanistan, to a news meeting of Afghan media at the U.S. military's base camp in Kabul, the capital. "We will lead a deliberate withdrawal from Afghanistan, and that implies progressing bases and hardware to the Afghan security forces."
Biden's declaration was welcomed with grave crisis in Afghanistan, as it gets ready for a future without a U.S. and NATO military presence in spite of a Taliban led war that appears to be a set back on a military triumph regardless of peace talks.
Taliban offensives in the south and rehashed assaults in the north have implied mounting losses.
Miller operator added that "specific equipment" should be removed from Afghanistan, "however at every possible opportunity" the US and world powers will leave behind materiel for the Afghan security forces.
There are approximately 3,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan and around 7,000 NATO and unified powers. Those NATO powers will most likely pull out close by the US, as numerous nations in the alliance are subject to U.S. support.
U.S. troops are has set up a dozen bases in surrounding countries to cover the withdrawal, the U.S. military has assured a air support, including a plane warship for the Persian Bay, in the event that the Taliban choose to assault.