Watch: Biden delivers remarks on the end of the war in Afghanistan
, ending a 20-year war that began after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and spanned four presidencies.
The final C-17 military cargo plane took off Monday from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, where more than 120,000 people were evacuated over the past month including Afghans, citizens of allied countries and more than 6,000 Americans.The staggering effort to leave Afghanistan before Biden's self-imposed Aug. 31 deadline came as the Taliban swept through the country, seizing control far more quickly than the U.S. had thought possible.
Thirteen U.S. service members and dozens of Afghans were killed near an airport gate last Thursday when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device.
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