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Elise Labott, Michael Kugelman, Robbie Gramer, Jack Detsch, Michael Kugelman, Robbie Gramer, Jack Detsch

Biden Is Done with Afghanistan. Is Afghanistan Done With America?

U.S. Army soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division arrive home from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan in Fort Drum, New York, on Dec. 8, 2020. John Moore/Getty Images

U.S. President Joe Biden’s expected announcement Wednesday afternoon that all U.S. troops will be out of Afghanistan by September is a recognition, at long last, that there was no U.S. victory to be found in the country’s craggy landscape.

In his speech, Biden said four U.S. presidents have wrestled with Afghanistan—and he would not pass the problem onto a fifth. 

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