British Forces And US Marines Have Formally Ended Their Combat Operations In Afghanistan After 13 Years Of War

Last U.S. Marines, British Combat Forces End Afghan Operations, Prepare Withdrawal -- Reuters

(Reuters) - The last U.S. Marines unit and final British combat troops in Afghanistan officially ended their operations on Sunday as they packed up to leave the country and transferred a massive military base to the Afghan military.

The American and British flags were lowered and folded up for the final time at the regional headquarters of the international military, 13 years after the toppling of the Taliban’s radical Islamist regime launched America's longest war.

The timing of the troops’ withdrawal from the base in the strategic province of Helmand was not released for security reasons.

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