# Five years since the US withdrawal from Afghanistan

https://mins.news/en/item/39652

- CGTN, 2026-08-31 21:52 UTC
- World
- Original: https://newsus.cgtn.com/news/2026-09-01/Five-years-since-the-US-withdrawal-from-Afghanistan-1Q4up8MEEzC/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> The end of August marks five years since the chaotic withdrawal of US and Western forces from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s return to power after two decades of conflict. The war cost trillions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of lives, and scholars increasingly view it as a turning point in attitudes toward Western intervention and nation-building.

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