Afghanistan Faces An Uncertain Future Without U.S. Troops

President Biden has announced plans to honor Trump’s agreement with the Taliban to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan, extending the deadline to Sept. 11, 2021

An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier looks on from a hill near the Spozhmai Hotel following an attack by Taliban militants at Qargha lake on the outskirts of Kabul on June 22, 2012. (photo: Massoud Hossani)

The United States will withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021, the…