POLITICO Get the POLITICO Nightly newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. 07/06/2021 08:00 PM EDT A member of the Afghan security forces walks in the Bagram air base after the American military departed, in Parwan province north of Kabul. | AP Photo/Rahmat Gul THE LAST-MILE PROBLEM IN AFGHANISTAN — Today was the first time the Pentagon put a number on the progress of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, after President Joe Biden’s May announcement of the decision to pull the troops.