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Last German troops leave Afghanistan after nearly 20 years June 29, 2021 at 2:02 pm BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s last troops left Afghanistan Tuesday after a nearly 20-year deployment in the country, the defense minister said. Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer tweeted that the last Bundeswehr soldiers “left Afghanistan safely” Tuesday evening. She thanked the more than 150,000 troops who have served there since 2001 and said that “they can be proud of this mission.” The German military said that the last troops were on their way home via Tbilisi, Georgia, ...

Aktuell Ausland Bundeswehr hat Afghanistan-Einsatz beendet Es war der wohl prägendste und auch gefährlichste Auslandseinsatz der Bundeswehr. Nach fast 20 Jahren haben die letzten Soldaten Afghanistan nun verlassen. Die Verteidigungsministerin kündigt Lehren aus der Mission an. 29.06.2021 19:05 Einsatz beendet: Bundeswehrsoldaten steigen im Feldlager in Masar-i-Scharif in ein Transportflugzeug A400M der Luftwaffe. Foto: Torsten Kraatz/Bundeswehr/dpa Einsatz beendet: Bundeswehrsoldaten steigen im Feldlager in Masar-i-Scharif in ein Transportflugzeug A400M der Luftwaffe. Foto: Torsten Kraat...

Germany’s defence ministry protects fascist networks in the armed forces Last weekend, Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (Christian Democratic Union, CDU) expressed her “fundamental confidence” in Germany’s Special Forces Command (KSK). She announced that the secretive fighting unit would not be disbanded despite a long string of far-right scandals and serious weapons offences. “In an organization like the Bundeswehr [Armed Forces],” she said, right-wing extremists can never be “ruled out in absolutely every instance,” even more so “in the special forces.” She ha...

The German army is planning to bring back more than thousands of beer cans from Afghanistan. Soldiers are not longer allowed to drink it due to security concerns.

As violence continues to surge across Afghanistan, the US has completed nearly 25% of the exit process in terms of troop withdrawal