Afghan President on Withdrawal: We'll Continue to Work with U.S/NATO
15 Apr 2021 Afghanistan will continue working with its “U.S./NATO partners” after the U.S. withdraws troops from the country in September, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said Wednesday. “Tonight, I had a call with [U.S.] President [Joe] Biden in which we discussed the US decision to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan by early September. The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan respects the US decision and we will work with our US partners to ensure a smooth transition,” President Ghani wrote in a statement posted to his official Twitter account on April 14. “As we move into the next pha...