Austin Says NATO, U.S. Forces Will Leave Afghanistan, Continue Support to Afghan Forces

Excerpt:  “Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III wholeheartedly supports President Joe Biden’s decision to end America’s longest war by September 11. …’Our troops have accomplished the mission they were sent to Afghanistan to accomplish,’ Austin said. ‘And they have much for which to be proud. Their service and their sacrifices, alongside those of our Resolute Support and Afghan partners, made possible the greatly diminished threat to all of our homelands from al-Qaida and other terrorist groups.'”