Afghanistan: Biden meets Ghani amid US troop withdrawal
11 July 2021 |
3:43 pm
President Biden has pledged a "sustained" US-Afghanistan relationship, despite the pullout from the war-torn country. US forces have been in Afghanistan for nearly two decades.
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