Following end of evacuation operation in Kabul, Biden says the war 'should have ended long ago'
The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, added that "We are all conflicted with feelings of pain and anger, sorrow and sadness, combined with pride and resilience"
Dan Arkin
| 05/09/2021
President Joe Biden prepares to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, June 25, 2021, en route to Camp David in Thurmont, Maryland. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)
Journalists, defense contractors and an officer from the Slovakian Army were among the over 600 evacuees who were the last to leave Afghanistan on August 31. The commander of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue, was the last person to board the final U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster transport plane that left Kabul airport.
Fox News reported that among the final evacuees were a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, 12 people affiliated with the New York Times, 29 U.S. passport holders, 582 Afghans, 36 defense contractors, a NATO staffer and one officer from the Slovakian special forces. Slovakia had sent a special plane to evacuate an Army unit that was part of the NATO force in Afghanistan, and the officer who managed the evacuation was among the final evacuees.
After the Pentagon's operation center in Washington reported to U.S. President Joe Biden that the last evacuation plane had taken off from Kabul, he commented that "I refused to send another generation of America's sons and daughters to fight a war that should have ended long ago."
Meanwhile, in a statement regarding the withdrawal, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, said that "We are all conflicted with feelings of pain and anger, sorrow and sadness, combined with pride and resilience."
The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, added that "We are all conflicted with feelings of pain and anger, sorrow and sadness, combined with pride and resilience"
President Joe Biden prepares to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, June 25, 2021, en route to Camp David in Thurmont, Maryland. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)
Journalists, defense contractors and an officer from the Slovakian Army were among the over 600 evacuees who were the last to leave Afghanistan on August 31. The commander of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue, was the last person to board the final U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster transport plane that left Kabul airport.
Fox News reported that among the final evacuees were a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, 12 people affiliated with the New York Times, 29 U.S. passport holders, 582 Afghans, 36 defense contractors, a NATO staffer and one officer from the Slovakian special forces. Slovakia had sent a special plane to evacuate an Army unit that was part of the NATO force in Afghanistan, and the officer who managed the evacuation was among the final evacuees.
After the Pentagon's operation center in Washington reported to U.S. President Joe Biden that the last evacuation plane had taken off from Kabul, he commented that "I refused to send another generation of America's sons and daughters to fight a war that should have ended long ago."
Meanwhile, in a statement regarding the withdrawal, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, said that "We are all conflicted with feelings of pain and anger, sorrow and sadness, combined with pride and resilience."
