{"id":16788,"date":"2021-07-04T08:05:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T08:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=16788"},"modified":"2021-07-04T08:05:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T08:05:54","slug":"following-the-us-and-germans-the-last-british-troops-leave-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=16788","title":{"rendered":"Following the US and Germans, the Last British Troops Leave Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last regular British troops are leaving Afghanistan after a 20-year mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kyiv. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate &#8211; July 4, 2021 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?cat=13\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">International News<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A total of 454 British <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=16545\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"16545\">soldiers <\/a>and civilians have been killed in Afghanistan since Operation Enduring Freedom, led by the United States, in response to the 9\/11 attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April, US President Joe Biden said it was &#8220;time to end the longest war in America,&#8221; and the United States handed over strategic support to Bagram Air Base at Afghan security forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last of Britain&#8217;s 750 soldiers, who are part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=15967\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"15967\">NATO <\/a>training mission, is due to leave today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US President Joe Biden has announced a decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021. About 650 US troops remain to protect their embassy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mission of the German armed forces (Bundeswehr) in Afghanistan is over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Read Also: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=16315\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"16315\">Where Do Things Stand for Afghanistan While Ghani Visits Washington?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Source<\/span>: <span style=\"color:#f9fa00\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Ukrgate<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last regular British troops are leaving Afghanistan after a 20-year mission. Kyiv. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate &#8211; July 4, 2021 \u2013 International News A total of 454 British soldiers and civilians have been killed in Afghanistan since Operation Enduring Freedom, led by the United States, in response to the 9\/11 attacks. In April, US President [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":16789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[2698,1613,5194,2637,2399,1854],"class_list":["post-16788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international-news","tag-afghanistan","tag-great-britain","tag-leave","tag-troops","tag-ukraine-gate","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16790,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16788\/revisions\/16790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}