NATO Ends 13-Year Afghan War Amid Rising Taliban Insurgency
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NATO-led forces and U.S. military personnel formally ended a 13-year war in Afghanistan today amid an escalating insurgency that threatens to undermine the nation’s second elected government.
“Our combat mission in Afghanistan is ending, and the longest war in American history is coming to a responsible conclusion,” U.S. President Barack Obama said in a statement from Honolulu, where he is on vacation with his family.