The US has begun its final phase of the withdrawal of its own and NATO’s last troops from Afghanistan – with the aim of leaving the country by the end of summer.
It will bring to an end America’s “forever war” in the country, which began with the invasion in response to the 9/11 terror attacks.
About 2,500-3,500 US and about 7,000 NATO soldiers remain.
In recent weeks, the military has been flying out equipment on massive C-17 cargo planes but now it is stepping up the job of deciding what is being shipped back to the US, handed to the…
