The U.S. military completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan on Monday, the Pentagon announced.
“I’m here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from Afghanistan and the end of the military mission to evacuation American citizens, third country nationals and vulnerable Afghans,” General Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, said in a video appearance at a Pentagon press conference.
The last American military plane took off from Hamid Karzai International Airport shortly after midnight in Afghanistan time.