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US Troops Start Withdrawing From Afghanistan

Published March 13th, 2020 - 02:47 GMT

The United States began withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, taking a step forward on its peace deal with the Taliban.

The US-Taliban deal signed on Feb. 29 seen as Washington's effort to end 18 years of war in Afghanistan. 

In September 2017, US President Donald Trump started returning troops to Afghanistan. On March 10, 2020, Centcom rejected reports that the U.S. military had developed a plan to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan, despite planning to reduce their number to 8,600 in a 14 month-period.

The next crucial step is intra-Afghan talks in which all factions including the Taliban would negotiate a road map for their country's future.

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In this file photo taken on August 11, 2014, a US soldier, part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), looks out onboard a Chinook helicopter over the Gardez district of Paktia province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the

In this file photo taken on August 11, 2014, a US soldier, part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), looks out onboard a Chinook helicopter over the Gardez district of Paktia province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a deal signed in Doha last month has said all foreign forces will quit Afghanistan within 14 months -- provided the Taliban stick to their security commitments. SHAH MARAI / AFP

In this file photo taken on January 30, 2010, US Marines from 1st Battalion, 6th regiment, Charlie company prepare memorials for Sergeant Daniel Angus and Lance Corporal Zachary Smith, who were killed on the battlefield on January 24, in Fiddler's Green camp, on the outskirts of Marjah in central Helmand. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence an

In this file photo taken on January 30, 2010, US Marines from 1st Battalion, 6th regiment, Charlie company prepare memorials for Sergeant Daniel Angus and Lance Corporal Zachary Smith, who were killed on the battlefield on January 24, in Fiddler's Green camp, on the outskirts of Marjah in central Helmand. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a deal signed in Doha last month has said all foreign forces will quit Afghanistan within 14 months -- provided the Taliban stick to their security commitments. Christophe SIMON / AFP

In this file photo taken on August 23, 2011, US soldiers gather near a destroyed vehicle and protect their faces from rotor wash, as their wounded comrades are airlifted by a Medevac helicopter from the 159th Brigade Task Force Thunder to Kandahar Hospital Role 3. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is

In this file photo taken on August 23, 2011, US soldiers gather near a destroyed vehicle and protect their faces from rotor wash, as their wounded comrades are airlifted by a Medevac helicopter from the 159th Brigade Task Force Thunder to Kandahar Hospital Role 3. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a deal signed in Doha last month has said all foreign forces will quit Afghanistan within 14 months -- provided the Taliban stick to their security commitments. Johannes EISELE / AFP

In this file photo taken on April 8, 2009, an Afghan boy watches US soldiers from 1st Infantry Division patrolling in a village during a mission of searching weapon cache in Nishagam, in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict,

In this file photo taken on April 8, 2009, an Afghan boy watches US soldiers from 1st Infantry Division patrolling in a village during a mission of searching weapon cache in Nishagam, in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a deal signed in Doha last month has said all foreign forces will quit Afghanistan within 14 months -- provided the Taliban stick to their security commitments. LIU JIN / AFP

In this file photo taken on October 13, 2012, US Army soldiers attached to 2nd platoon, C troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 91st U.S Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team operating under NATO sponsored International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) protect a wounded comrade from dust and smoke flares after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast during a patrol near Baraki Barak base in Logar Province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said o

In this file photo taken on October 13, 2012, US Army soldiers attached to 2nd platoon, C troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 91st U.S Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team operating under NATO sponsored International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) protect a wounded comrade from dust and smoke flares after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast during a patrol near Baraki Barak base in Logar Province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a deal signed in Doha last month has said all foreign forces will quit Afghanistan within 14 months -- provided the Taliban stick to their security commitments. Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP

In this file photo taken on August 5, 2011, US soldier Specialist Joshua Schonert from 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, 2-87 Infantry, 3d Brigade Combat Team under Afghanistan's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), lights a cigarette as he prepares for the day following earlier attacks by Taliban insurgents on their checkpoint in Kandalay village, Kandahar province southern Afghanistan. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day

In this file photo taken on August 5, 2011, US soldier Specialist Joshua Schonert from 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, 2-87 Infantry, 3d Brigade Combat Team under Afghanistan's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), lights a cigarette as he prepares for the day following earlier attacks by Taliban insurgents on their checkpoint in Kandalay village, Kandahar province southern Afghanistan. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a deal signed in Doha last month has said all foreign forces will quit Afghanistan within 14 months -- provided the Taliban stick to their security commitments. Romeo GACAD / AFP

In this file photo taken on December 19, 2010, US soldiers from Alpha Troop 1-75 Cavalry 2nd Brigade 101st Airborne Devision warm themselves around a bonfire at the Sabloghay Camp in Zari district of Kandahar province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and un

In this file photo taken on December 19, 2010, US soldiers from Alpha Troop 1-75 Cavalry 2nd Brigade 101st Airborne Devision warm themselves around a bonfire at the Sabloghay Camp in Zari district of Kandahar province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a deal signed in Doha last month has said all foreign forces will quit Afghanistan within 14 months -- provided the Taliban stick to their security commitments. Behrouz MEHRI / AFP

In this file photo taken on July 12, 2009, US Marines of 1st Combat Engineering Battalion of 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade search a compound in the Garmsir district of Helmand Province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a deal signed

In this file photo taken on July 12, 2009, US Marines of 1st Combat Engineering Battalion of 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade search a compound in the Garmsir district of Helmand Province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a deal signed in Doha last month has said all foreign forces will quit Afghanistan within 14 months -- provided the Taliban stick to their security commitments. MANPREET ROMANA / AFP

In this file photo taken on August 11, 2014, a US soldier, part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), looks out onboard a Chinook helicopter over the Gardez district of Paktia province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the
In this file photo taken on January 30, 2010, US Marines from 1st Battalion, 6th regiment, Charlie company prepare memorials for Sergeant Daniel Angus and Lance Corporal Zachary Smith, who were killed on the battlefield on January 24, in Fiddler's Green camp, on the outskirts of Marjah in central Helmand. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence an
In this file photo taken on August 23, 2011, US soldiers gather near a destroyed vehicle and protect their faces from rotor wash, as their wounded comrades are airlifted by a Medevac helicopter from the 159th Brigade Task Force Thunder to Kandahar Hospital Role 3. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is
In this file photo taken on April 8, 2009, an Afghan boy watches US soldiers from 1st Infantry Division patrolling in a village during a mission of searching weapon cache in Nishagam, in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict,
In this file photo taken on October 13, 2012, US Army soldiers attached to 2nd platoon, C troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 91st U.S Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team operating under NATO sponsored International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) protect a wounded comrade from dust and smoke flares after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast during a patrol near Baraki Barak base in Logar Province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said o
In this file photo taken on August 5, 2011, US soldier Specialist Joshua Schonert from 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, 2-87 Infantry, 3d Brigade Combat Team under Afghanistan's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), lights a cigarette as he prepares for the day following earlier attacks by Taliban insurgents on their checkpoint in Kandalay village, Kandahar province southern Afghanistan. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day
In this file photo taken on December 19, 2010, US soldiers from Alpha Troop 1-75 Cavalry 2nd Brigade 101st Airborne Devision warm themselves around a bonfire at the Sabloghay Camp in Zari district of Kandahar province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and un
In this file photo taken on July 12, 2009, US Marines of 1st Combat Engineering Battalion of 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade search a compound in the Garmsir district of Helmand Province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a deal signed
In this file photo taken on August 11, 2014, a US soldier, part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), looks out onboard a Chinook helicopter over the Gardez district of Paktia province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the
In this file photo taken on August 11, 2014, a US soldier, part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), looks out onboard a Chinook helicopter over the Gardez district of Paktia province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a deal signed in Doha last month has said all foreign forces will quit Afghanistan within 14 months -- provided the Taliban stick to their security commitments. SHAH MARAI / AFP
In this file photo taken on January 30, 2010, US Marines from 1st Battalion, 6th regiment, Charlie company prepare memorials for Sergeant Daniel Angus and Lance Corporal Zachary Smith, who were killed on the battlefield on January 24, in Fiddler's Green camp, on the outskirts of Marjah in central Helmand. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence an
In this file photo taken on January 30, 2010, US Marines from 1st Battalion, 6th regiment, Charlie company prepare memorials for Sergeant Daniel Angus and Lance Corporal Zachary Smith, who were killed on the battlefield on January 24, in Fiddler's Green camp, on the outskirts of Marjah in central Helmand. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a deal signed in Doha last month has said all foreign forces will quit Afghanistan within 14 months -- provided the Taliban stick to their security commitments. Christophe SIMON / AFP
In this file photo taken on August 23, 2011, US soldiers gather near a destroyed vehicle and protect their faces from rotor wash, as their wounded comrades are airlifted by a Medevac helicopter from the 159th Brigade Task Force Thunder to Kandahar Hospital Role 3. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is
In this file photo taken on August 23, 2011, US soldiers gather near a destroyed vehicle and protect their faces from rotor wash, as their wounded comrades are airlifted by a Medevac helicopter from the 159th Brigade Task Force Thunder to Kandahar Hospital Role 3. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a deal signed in Doha last month has said all foreign forces will quit Afghanistan within 14 months -- provided the Taliban stick to their security commitments. Johannes EISELE / AFP
In this file photo taken on April 8, 2009, an Afghan boy watches US soldiers from 1st Infantry Division patrolling in a village during a mission of searching weapon cache in Nishagam, in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict,
In this file photo taken on April 8, 2009, an Afghan boy watches US soldiers from 1st Infantry Division patrolling in a village during a mission of searching weapon cache in Nishagam, in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a deal signed in Doha last month has said all foreign forces will quit Afghanistan within 14 months -- provided the Taliban stick to their security commitments. LIU JIN / AFP
In this file photo taken on October 13, 2012, US Army soldiers attached to 2nd platoon, C troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 91st U.S Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team operating under NATO sponsored International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) protect a wounded comrade from dust and smoke flares after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast during a patrol near Baraki Barak base in Logar Province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said o
In this file photo taken on October 13, 2012, US Army soldiers attached to 2nd platoon, C troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 91st U.S Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team operating under NATO sponsored International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) protect a wounded comrade from dust and smoke flares after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast during a patrol near Baraki Barak base in Logar Province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a deal signed in Doha last month has said all foreign forces will quit Afghanistan within 14 months -- provided the Taliban stick to their security commitments. Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP
In this file photo taken on August 5, 2011, US soldier Specialist Joshua Schonert from 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, 2-87 Infantry, 3d Brigade Combat Team under Afghanistan's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), lights a cigarette as he prepares for the day following earlier attacks by Taliban insurgents on their checkpoint in Kandalay village, Kandahar province southern Afghanistan. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day
In this file photo taken on August 5, 2011, US soldier Specialist Joshua Schonert from 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, 2-87 Infantry, 3d Brigade Combat Team under Afghanistan's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), lights a cigarette as he prepares for the day following earlier attacks by Taliban insurgents on their checkpoint in Kandalay village, Kandahar province southern Afghanistan. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a deal signed in Doha last month has said all foreign forces will quit Afghanistan within 14 months -- provided the Taliban stick to their security commitments. Romeo GACAD / AFP
In this file photo taken on December 19, 2010, US soldiers from Alpha Troop 1-75 Cavalry 2nd Brigade 101st Airborne Devision warm themselves around a bonfire at the Sabloghay Camp in Zari district of Kandahar province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and un
In this file photo taken on December 19, 2010, US soldiers from Alpha Troop 1-75 Cavalry 2nd Brigade 101st Airborne Devision warm themselves around a bonfire at the Sabloghay Camp in Zari district of Kandahar province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a deal signed in Doha last month has said all foreign forces will quit Afghanistan within 14 months -- provided the Taliban stick to their security commitments. Behrouz MEHRI / AFP
In this file photo taken on July 12, 2009, US Marines of 1st Combat Engineering Battalion of 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade search a compound in the Garmsir district of Helmand Province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a deal signed
In this file photo taken on July 12, 2009, US Marines of 1st Combat Engineering Battalion of 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade search a compound in the Garmsir district of Helmand Province. American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said on March 10, 2020 the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis. The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a deal signed in Doha last month has said all foreign forces will quit Afghanistan within 14 months -- provided the Taliban stick to their security commitments. MANPREET ROMANA / AFP

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