Last British Soldiers And U.S. Marines Withdraw From The Taliban Stronghold In Helmand Province, Afghanistan

U.S. Marines, British Troops End Mission In Restive Afghan Province -- Washington Post

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines and British forces pulled out of Afghanistan’s Helmand province Monday, ending their engagement in a 13-year-old war that tested both militaries' ability to fight in a landlocked nation.

In a secret 20-hour pullout from one of coalition’s largest bases in Afghanistan, the last of the 873 Marines and 350 British soldiers arrived in Kandahar from Helmand. The southwestern province has been the site of some of the war’s bloodiest combat, but large areas remain under the control of Taliban insurgents.

The withdrawal also marks another step in the wider disengagement of NATO-led forces in Afghanistan.

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More News On The Withdrawal Of British And U.S. Marines forces From The Taliban Stronghold In Helmand Province, Afghanistan

Marines, Brits Turn Over Helmand Bases to Afghan Forces -- US Department of Defense
Last international forces airlifted from key base in Afghanistan -- Reuters
Last foreign combat troops leave Afghanistan's Helmand -- USA Today
UK troops fly out of Camp Bastion -- Daily Mail/Press Association
UK ends Afghan combat operations -- BBC
Last British soldiers leave Camp Bastion as war in Afghanistan ends -- The Telegraph
UK ends Afghan combat mission -- IHS Jane's 360
Last British soldiers leave Afghanistan: 'It's just a relief to be getting out of there' -- The Independent
Last of U.S. Marines Leave Afghanistan’s Helmand Province -- WSJ
Marines hand over largest base in Afghanistan, prepare to pull out -- Guns.com
Photos: Allied troops withdraw from key base in Helmand, Afghanistan -- Al Jazeera
Why the end of Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan matters -- Dan Lamonth, Washington Post