U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin touched down in Afghanistan today (March 21, 2021), making an unannounced visit as the Biden administration wrestles with how to end its role in a war that is 20 years old -- the longest in American history -- without allowing security to disintegrate, according to the Washington Post website.
Austin, the retired Army general selected by President Biden to run the Pentagon, flew into Kabul's international airport before boarding a Black Hawk helicopter to meet with officials that included Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, U.S. diplomat Ross Wilson and Army Gen. Austin "Scott" Miller, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan.
Austin told reporters traveling with him in Kabul that senior U.S. officials want to see "a responsible end to this conflict" and "a transition to something else."
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