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Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
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Robbie Gramer, Jack Detsch, Natalia Antonova, C. Raja Mohan, Anchal Vohra, C. Raja Mohan, Anchal Vohra, Laurie Garrett, Dean Cheng, Benjamin Hebblethwaite

U.S. to Prop Up Afghan Air Force

A U.S. Army advisor for the Afghan Air Force reloads ammunition during a training mission outside Kabul on Sept. 13, 2017. Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images
The United States has agreed to leave contractors in Afghanistan to help maintain Afghan military equipment as a stopgap measure while the Biden administration determines what role the Pentagon will play in striking targets within Afghanistan from bases outside the country after the withdrawal of American troops.
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