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US President Joe Biden’s Afghan withdrawal plans receive both support and criticism
President Joe Biden’s plan to withdraw remaining US troops from Afghanistan by September has been met with both criticism and support from the within the region and the US government.
Key points:
- The war has cost the US an estimated $2.5 trillion
- NATO, Germany and Australia will leave Afghanistan in coordination with the US withdrawal
- The Afghan President wrote on Twitter that he spoke with Mr Biden and respects the US decision
The war has cost the lives of 2,448 American service members and consumed an estimated $US2 trillion ($2.5 trillion).
In withdrawing, Mr Biden is embracing risks at the start of his presidency that proved too great for his predecessors, including that al Qaeda might reconstitute itself or that the Taliban…
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