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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12699

16 April 2021
SECURITY - DEFENCE / Afghanistan
NATO to begin troop withdrawal by 1 May
Brussels, 15/04/2021 (Agence Europe)

NATO foreign and defence ministers agreed on Wednesday 14 April to begin the withdrawal of Allied troops from Afghanistan by 1 May.

There are currently almost 10,000 troops, mostly non-American, engaged what is mainly a training, assistance, and advisory mission.

The Americans confirmed their departure a few hours earlier, with the objective of a total withdrawal by 11 September, 20 years to the day after the attacks of 11 September 2001.

The agreement between the US and the Taliban in...

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