The roar of American tanks on the streets of Kabul, the flight of fighter jets in the sky and the deployment of foreign soldiers at every intersection… this picture had once become the identity of Afghanistan, but in the year 2021, the time came when America had to leave everything and return from this country after 20 years. What happened that the army considered to be the most powerful in the world had to kneel before Islamic extremists? Let us know the whole story of this 20-year long intervention and return of America and Afghanistan.

Why did the American enter?

Before knowing why America returned from this country, know why America entered this country? The biggest terrorist attack on America took place on september 11, 2001. Thousands of people were killed in this terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Al-Qaeda was behind this attack, to eliminate which the then US President George W. Bush declared 'War on Terror'. In the month of October in the same year 2001, America entered the soil of Afghanistan. The aim of America was to remove the Taliban and eliminate Al-Qaeda. For this, it struggled in afghanistan for 20 years.

Why did the return happen?

After staying in afghanistan for about 20 years, US military forces returned. America was in talks with the Taliban since 2018. The Trump government started talks in Qatar, which was taken forward by the Biden government and it announced complete withdrawal from afghanistan in 2021. On august 15, 2021, as soon as the US army started withdrawing, the Taliban captured Kabul. According to reports, during these 20 years, 6,384 American soldiers were killed. With this, 2.41 lakh deaths occurred in the US-Afghan war.

There are many reasons behind the US withdrawal, including the weak grip of the Afghan government and corruption, which again strengthened the Taliban's ground hold and strategy in Afghanistan. Apart from this, an agreement was reached between the two parties in Doha, the capital of Qatar, in 2020, in which the Taliban also talked about banning the entry of al qaeda and other extremist organizations in the area under their control. Fatigue from the long war and the heavy economic burden forced the US to return.

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