Currently, Afghan forces have more than 160 helicopters and aircraft.
On Monday, Abdullah Abdullah
...the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against both Karzai and Ghani. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun. He also held the meaningless salaried sop position as CEO of Afghanistan, while Ghani was president...
, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, at a presser said that the US will end its military presence in the country but will continue its assistance to Afghanistan and the Afghan air forces.
"A new chapter has been opened in US and Afghanistan relations," he said.
In his meeting with the Afghan delegation, US President Joe
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...46th president of the U.S. We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created ... by the — you know — you know, the thing...
promised the Afghan leaders a "sustained" partnership even as he moves to accelerate winding down the US’s longest war in Afghanistan.
President Ghani and Chairman Abdullah also met at the Pentagon with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
While Biden vowed that the US was committed to assisting Afghanistan, he also insisted that it was time for the American military to step back, according to the News Agency that Dare Not be Named report.
On Friday, President Ghani also said that Afghans will not be compelled to submission by force and that the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
should agree to a ceasefire and enter a political process.