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16 Apr Withdrawal of US Forces from Afghanistan

Posted at 16 Apr 2021 in Current Affairs by
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GS PAPER-2, GLOBAL ISSUES

SOURCE- THE HINDU

Context-

Recently US President Biden announced that America will withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan. It is a coincidence that the new deadline announced by the US coincides with the twentieth anniversary of the 09/11 attacks.

Background (9/11 attacks)-

  • On September 11, 2001, the terrorists of Al-Qaeda conducted a series of four attacks against the United States.
  •  The terrorists had hijacked four passenger airliners. 
  • Two of the planes hit the World Trade Center Complexes located in Manhattan, US. Within an hour, the 110-story World Trade Centre tower collapsed. 
  • The third plane had crashed into the Pentagon. 
  • The Pentagon is the headquarters of the US Department of Defence. 
  • The fourth plane had crashed into a field in Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania, US.

-Khyati Khare

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