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Foreign forces under the command of North Atlantic Treaty Organization -NATO will withdraw from Afghanistan in joint coordination with US troops on September 11, 2021. This was disclosed by US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken in Brussels, Belgium on Wednesday (14/4). Germany has also said it will match the United States' plan to leave Afghanistan after 20 years of war. On one hand, this recall will close the book on America's longest war history. On the other hand, critics argue that peace is meaningless after two-decade fighting in Afghanistan.

When President Joe Biden's plan to announce a US troop withdrawal was exposed, the US intelligence community reiterated their deep concern about the prospects for a US-backed government in Kabul. The arrival of NATO troops to Afghanistan in October 2001 was aimed at overthrowing the Taliban regime, driving Al-Qaeda out of the country, and laying the groundwork for a global "war on terrorism". Now, with the US and NATO leaving Afghanistan, does this mean that the problem of global terrorism has been resolved?

In fact, since the Donald Trump administration, the US has planned to withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan. It was once a question, whether President Joe Biden would follow Donald Trump's intentions in this matter. During Trump's presidency, the US government reached an agreement with the Taliban to reduce the number of the US troops gradually to zero, by May 2021. Now, President Biden advocates maintaining a small counterterrorism force in Afghanistan as a way to ensure that extremist groups like Al-Qaeda cannot launch attacks in the USA.

President Joe Biden's plan is to withdraw all US troops in Afghanistan on September 11, 2021. The choice of this date is very symbolic, as it marks the 20th anniversary of the Al-Qaeda attack on the United States.

The question is, after 20 years of war on terrorism, how many people have died and how much budget has been wasted? Both from the human side and the economic aspect, directly or indirectly, America and the world have to bear significant costs after the war. How do the related countries make up for the losses that have occurred? Moreover, inevitably there will always be an impact on other countries.