The Pentagon is preparing for possible Taliban attacks on U.S. and coalition forces as they withdraw from Afghanistan, a prospect that complicates the outlook for winding down America's longest war, the Newsmax website reports today (April 30, 2021).
President Joe Biden's decision to proceed with a final withdrawal by September adds a new element of security risk as the remaining 2,500 to 3,500 American troops, along with about 7,000 coalition troops and thousands of contractors, begin departing.
Biden has said all will be gone by September 11, the date of the 2001 terrorist attacks that prompted the U.S. to invade Afghanistan in the first place.
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