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Al Qaeda hijacked four airplanes, two of them hit the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, One of them hit the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and one crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Almost 3,000 people were killed in this attack. This event started a war between the U.S. and Afghanistan. https://www.history.com/topics/21st-century/9-11-attacks -
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The U.S. and the Taliban sign a peace agreement that will remove 8,600 of the 13,000 troops out of Afghanistan by July 2020 with the rest of the troops getting out by May 1st of 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_of_United_States_troops_from_Afghanistan_(2020%E2%80%932021) -
President Biden announces that all troops will be removed from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/timeline-of-u-s-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/ -
The Taliban made its first move by attacking the Afghan Military. This happened in the Helmand province and other provinces around the area. https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2021/08/withdrawal-timeline-who-responsible-chaos-afghanistan -
The U.S. starts to remove soldiers from the main military base, Bagram Air Base https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2021/08/withdrawal-timeline-who-responsible-chaos-afghanistan -
President Biden moves up the U.S. troop withdrawal to Aug. 31 https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/timeline-of-u-s-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/ -
The Taliban takes over the capital of Nimroz province, going against an agreement with the U.S. https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/timeline-of-u-s-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/ -
President Biden announces that 3,000 soldiers will be sent into Afghanistan to the Kabul Airport to help with the evacuations. -
The Taliban entered Kabul and the president of Afghanistan left the country; this lead to the U.S. removing diplomats from the embassy by helicopter. https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/timeline-of-u-s-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/ -
The government started to fall on Aug. 6 with the fall of a provincial capital. It ended with the fall of Kabul. -
Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the Kabul airport, killing least 60 Afghans and 13 U.S. troops, and injuring even more people. https://apnews.com/article/europe-france-evacuations-kabul-9e457201e5bbe75a4eb1901fedeee7a1 -
The United States withdrawals its last troops from the Kabul airport in Afghanistan. This effectively ended the 20 year conflict between the U.S and Afghanistan. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/30/afghanistan-update-last-us-troops-leave-kabul-ending-evacuation.html -
More than 123,000 civilians, with over 6,000 Americans included in that number, were taken out of Afghanistan. Clearing out the Kabul airport by the time the last flight took off. https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Afghanistan-turmoil/US-completes-Afghanistan-troop-withdrawal-to-end-20-year-presence -
I think that things will continue to get worse in Afghanistan. I think that with the Taliban taking over, the people that live there will have a very different way of life and that the people that helped the U.S. will have to keep it quite. I think that the Taliban will continue to rule over Afghanistan until something happens where another country has to go in and fight again. -
It comes out that President Biden, and President Trump were warned that he should not remove all of the Troops from Afghanistan by General Milley. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/28/us/politics/milley-senate-hearing-afghanistan.html
