A Paratrooper assigned 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division scans his sector as he conducts security as part of a non-combatant evacuation (NEO) operation in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 25, 2021. The Department of Defense is supporting the Department of State in evacuating civilian personnel, Special Immigrant Visa applicants, and other at-risk individuals from Afghanistan as quickly and safely as possible. ( Army photo by Sgt. Jillian G. Hix)
On 14 April 2021, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance had agreed to start withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan by May after the withdrawal of NATO troops started, the Taliban launched an offensive against the Afghan government, quickly advancing in front of collapsing Afghan government to a intelligence report, the Afghan government would likely collapse within six months after NATO completes its withdrawal from the country. On August 15, 2021, as the Taliban once again controlled a vast majority of Afghan territory, the Taliban began capturing the capital city of Kabul, and many civilians, government officials and foreign diplomats were evacuated. President Ghani fled Afghanistan that day.
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Location: Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan
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