the center of the war against militants for a few 20 years, US officials say. The pull-out could signal that the whole withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan is imminent. President Joe Biden has said US forces are passed by 11 September. But the withdrawal from the sprawling base, north of Kabul, comes because the main jihadist group, the Taliban, advances in many parts of Afghanistan. The 11 September deadline is that the anniversary of the attacks on America in 2001, which killed nearly 3,000 people. The attacks were disbursed by al-Qaeda, a global jihadist group then based in Afghanistan with the support of the Taliban, who had been up to the mark of the country since the 1990s. A US-led coalition invaded Afghanistan later that year to defeat both groups. America now wants to finish its longest war with its huge cost in human lives and vast expense and is leaving security to the Afghan government. Some 2,500-3,500 US troops were thought to be still in Afghanistan until recently and once they depart, fewer than 1,000 American soldiers will remain. As of May, there have been about 7,000 other coalition troops in Afghanistan but it’s believed that the majority have now left, with Germany and Italy declaring their missions over on Wednesday. Meanwhile, a resurgent Taliban, buoyed by the expectation of the foreign withdrawal, has overrun dozens of districts, amid fears that a replacement war could erupt after the departure of foreign forces.
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