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Presence in afghanistan. until today. this afternoon, america's longest war was brought to a close. >> i'm here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from afghanistan and the end of the military mission to evacuate american citizens, third-country nationals, and vulnerable afghans. the last c-17 lifted off from hamid karzai international airport on august 30th, this afternoon, at 3:29 p.m. east coast time. and the last manned aircraft is now clearing the airspace above afghanistan. >> in so many ways, the u.s. military's exit from afghanistan has been as wrenching and morally fraught as...

U.s. military plane took off. >> i'm here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from afghanistan and the end of the military mission to evacuate american citizens, third country nationals, and vulnerable afghans. the last c-17 lifted off from hamid karzai international airport on august 30th this afternoon at 3:29 p.m. >> historic. historic. the plane carrying the last two u.s. officials to step off afghan soil, the top u.s. diplomat in kabul, in charge of the affairs, ross wilson. and general chris donahue, commander of the 82nd airborne division. the last soldier to leave afghanistan....

>> proud that both my son and i have been a part of it. that's a reminder of how concentrated u.s. military service is in our country. families often sending multiple generations into the service, even simultaneously, while the vast majority of americans don't serve in the military. also a reminder that of the young soldiers and airmen and marines who died just last week in afghanistan, some were literally babies on 9/11. they weren't even walking or talking at the time of the precipitating event for the war in which they died. they were toddlers at the time the starting gun was fired to start...

We end tonight with this image. the last american soldier leaving afghanistan. it was tweeted out by the defense department a few minutes ago. it shows major general chris donohue, commanding general of the 82nd airborne, the last soldier boarding the last c-17 departing kabul, which took off one minute before midnight on august 30th. it is a striking image. america leaving afghanistan after two decades. four presidents, and 2,461 u.s. service members dying. let me say that again because tonight, we also want to remember the soldiers and their families and the marines who gave more than anyone...

Start this war, that ultimately ended their lives. the last u.s. planes left the airport in kabul today. august 30th, east coast time. which was basically midnight in kabul when they left. it's the deadline, set by president biden. the last two americans on the ground before the playing closed stores and took off, four general christopher donahue, who's in charge of the kabul airport airlift, that's him here. the last u.s. soldier leaving afghanistan. also on that plane, the other man left as the last man beside him was ross wilson, the top u.s. diplomat in kabul. tonight secretary of state an...