The United States has announced to withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan by September 11 this year.

Making the announcement in a televised speech, US President Joe Biden said the withdrawal will start from 1st of next month.

Joe Biden said we cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in Afghanistan hoping to create the ideal conditions as American troops should not be used as bargaining chips between warring parties in other countries. 

Meanwhile, addressing a joint press conference with US Secretary of state Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Brussels, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also announced to start pulling out NATO troops from Afghanistan from 1st of next month.