Handover ceremony at Camp Anthonic, from U.S. Army, to Afghan Defense Forces in Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 2, 2021. (Ministry of Defense Press Office/Handout via REUTERS)
The military will only provide a range for progress as a security measure
The U.S. military has completed the first facility turnover to Afghanistan forces in the country, marking a significant step in President Biden’s promised withdrawal.
Biden set a target to withdraw troops from the country by Sept. 11, a four-month delay from former President Trump’s original May 1 deadline.
U.S. military forces have worked since Biden’s announcement to prepare for the withdrawal by retrograding materials and destroying equipment.
Additionally, the military has handed over control of Camp Antonik -- located in the volatile Helmand Province -- to the Afghan National Army, it said Tuesday.
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Update: US military: Afghanistan withdrawal process 2 to 6 percent complete (The Hill)
WNU Editor: This is an interesting stat .... U.S. moved 60 planeloads of equipment out of Afghanistan, Pentagon says (UPI). But what I would like to know is what will the U.S. military leave behind.
2 comments:
All the sensitive electronics in the MRAPs that China, Russia, Pakistan, Iran, The Taliban and Al Qaeda want.
I would hope they wouldn't leave anything of value behind. In the past we had the leadership skills of president Trump and his team. Now we don't. As such it's hard to have confidence that this will be done properly.
The original agreement said 5/1 which means we're already in violation and only 6% has been completed!! The incompetence here on the part of the leadership class seems staggering. They're going to need to beg Trump to come back to Hopefully clean up the messes they've made and continue to make.
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