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At its height, the Afghan conflict saw more than 100,000 American soldiers in Afghanistan. Under the terms of the peace deal Mr Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump signed with the Taliban last year, Washington has committed to withdrawing the last remaining 2,500 US troops from Afghanistan by May.
Indeed, during his final weeks in office Mr Trump almost halved the number of American troops based in the country, as part of his campaign promise to end Washington’s involvement in long and costly military interventions abroad. But that promise has been a source of deep unease within Nato. A number of European states, including Britain, still have around 8,000 troops on the ground, supporting the Afghan security forces.
Seeking North Korea Breakthrough, Seoul Looks to Biden Administration
The Moon administration starts dialogue with the new U.S. administration, hoping to induce Pyongyang to reactivate back channels for negotiations.
February 03, 2021
Then-President Donald Trump, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in talk together Sunday, June 30, 2019, outside Freedom House at the Korean Demilitarized Zone
Credit: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead
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With Joe Biden sworn in as the new president of the United States on January 20 – despite the unexpected storming of the U.S. Capitol by far-right activists in an attempt to subvert the election results – most countries have welcomed the return of an experienced politician to the U.S. presidency.
In the May 2002 issue, Popular Mechanics explored the U.S. Military s newest fighter: the F-35. Diving deep into the plane s three variants the F-35A, B, and C the article reported on the project in its infancy and its ambitious plans
to start replacing the F-22 and A-10 by 2010. Famously, the F-35 became plagued with delays and cost overruns, but despite these setbacks, the Joint Strike Fighter remains the most advanced jet fighter in the world at least until the rumored Next-Generation Air Dominance program comes for the crown.
The planes that won the Cold War are getting old. They pack as lethal a punch as ever, but like the baby boomer generation they protected, they are beginning to show their age.