Afghanistan
US completes Afghanistan withdrawal as last plane leaves Kabul
The US departure before the August 31 deadline marks the end of America's "forever war," with the conflict lasting for twenty years.
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Update:
Last night the last US plane left Kabul airport, drawing an end to the twenty year NATO mission in Afghanistan.
The engagement has not been without its problems, the latest of which saw the US kill ten members of the same family in an airstrike on a would-be suicide bomber.
What happened in Kabul in the last week?
What next for Afghanistan?