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Osama bin laden was killed in 2011, a decade ago. al qaeda's capabilities were degraded significantly, including its ability to plan and conduct external operations. after 20 years, 2,641 american lives lost, 20,000 injuries, trillion dollars spent, it was time to end america's longest war. when president biden took office in january, he inherited an agreement that his predecessor had reached with the taliban to remove all remaining forces from afghanistan by may 1st of this year. as part of that agreement, the previous administration pressed the afghan government to release 5,000 taliban pris...

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With a bloody cost leaving plenty of questions unanswered and big challenges ahead. >> tonight, the u.s. retreat from afghanistan is complete. the last manned aircraft is now clearing the airspace above afghanistan. >> reporter: the final american flight lifted off out of kabul airport just after midnight local time, where it's now august 31, the president's deadline for withdrawing after a bloody and costly 20 year war. >> it is a mission that brought osama bin laden to a just end, along with many of his al-qaeda co-conspirators and it was not a cheap mission. the cost was 2,641 service membe...