Folge 45: Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan – A Sea Change in U.S. Foreign Policy?

U.S. President Joe Biden declared last month that his
country had accomplished its mission of denying terrorists a safe
haven in Afghanistan and announced complete withdrawal of the
roughly 3.000 remaining U.S. troops by September 11 – the
twentieth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United
States that triggered the intervention. U.S. troops began
withdrawal on April 25; it could be completed as early as July 4.
America’s war in Afghanistan has seen four presidents, more than
13,000 air strikes, cost 2,400 American lives, and left 20,000
troops injured. This episode of the HCA podcast looks back on
this conflict and ponders the future of Afghanistan. Anja Schüler
talks with Lieutenant
General (ret.) Ben Hodges, who served as
commanding general, United States Army
Europe and is currently the Pershing Chair in
Strategic Studies at the Center for European
Policy Analysis in Washington D.C.