FOX News: Biden announces Sept. 11 Afghanistan withdrawal deadline, says it's time for troops 'to come home'
It would be 20 years since the 9/11 attacks President Biden on Wednesday announced that the U.S. will withdraw all American forces from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 — pushing back a May deadline set by the Trump administration.
The U.S. intervened in the country following the 9/11 attacks in 2001.
The new deadline would fall on the 20 year-mark of the attacks, which were carried out by Al Qaeda by crashing passenger-filled airplanes in New York City, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania.
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WNU Editor: The Taliban have already responded to President Biden's withdrawal deadline .... Taliban, Russia criticize US over Afghanistan withdrawal (DW).
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