The moment the US declares it has left Afghanistan
The last US aircraft has taken off from the Hamid Karzai Airport, Marine Corps General Kenneth McKenzie announced at a Pentagon briefing.
The flight departed shortly after midnight in Kabul on 31 August, the date President Joe Biden set for the withdrawal of US troops.
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