Biden’s planned U.S. pullout from Afghanistan to use Sept. 11 anniversary as deadline
Apr 14, 2021 | 10:54 AM
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is to start the clock today on the long-awaited withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan.
Biden will set Sept. 11 as the deadline for the pullout — the 20th anniversary of the 2001 attacks on U.S. soil that touched off two decades of bloody Middle East conflict.
Canada’s combat mission in the war-torn country included the deaths of 159 soldiers, the largest military toll since the Korean War.
Four civilians, including Calgary Herald journalist Michelle Lang, also died in the conflict, as did Canadian diplomat Glyn Berry.
