troops in afghanistan. in the coming months we will withdraw our troops responsibly, deliberately, and safely with nato allies and operational partners. we have made it clear to the taliban if they attack us as we draw down, we will defend ourselves forcefully. we will reconfigure our counterterrorism capabilities to ensure our ability to monitor and address terrorism threats emanating from afghanistan. we will maintain assets in the region and will continue to work closely with afghan security forces and regional partners. we will hold the taliban accountable to their commitments to prevent al qaeda or any other terrorist group from using afghanistan as a base for attacks against us. if the terrorist threat emerges, we will be ready. even as we withdraw our military forces we will continue our diplomatic support for the peace process and urge all party, afghans and international stakeholders, to remain focused on securing a political settlement and permanent cease-fire. it is time for all concerned to aban

powers have an interest in afghanistan and perhaps influence with different groups in afghanistan, none of them have interest in civil war that could produce refugees flooding into other countries, extremism and terrorism directed potentially at other countries, drug trafficking spilling out even more, the consequences of that future are literally in no one's interest so that's one. second, as i said before, the taliban says it wants certain things putting international regulation, including international support for afghanistan, including the ability for leaders to travel freely and if it were to provoke civil war, none of those things would be possible so i think there are lots of things arguing against that and again, as i said a couple of times already, this is a very different country and it was 20 years ago so our focus is working to advance the prospects for clinical settlement and it has to start with meaningful negotiations and we've invested significantly in that from pretty much the first days of his administration and it was a topic today both of whom expressed their strong

of europe, united states and afghanistan alike. today we launch a transatlantic charter and will discuss the need for transatlantic cooperation in the afghan space. i'd like to take a moment to think our colleagues, rockefellers fund for partnering on the strategic dialogues and longtime advocate supporter of the afghan people and the afghanistan future. i want to give a special thanks nonresidents follows spearheading this incredible conversation that's culminated in the transatlantic charter that we will talk about today and the coming weeks. on our panel, we have cochairs in this dialogue, chairperson afghanistan rights commission, secretary albright, former secretary of state, united states and member of the atlantic council advisory board, former high representative for foreign affairs and security and the college bureau. my cochairs will go by, almost u.s. ambassador year israel and the un and the atlantic council. the conversation will begin with panel discussion moderated by my friend colin, one of the best journalists i kn

to report back on the state of the war in afghanistan i flew to afghanistan to the coun our valley a rugged mountainous region on the border with pakistan what i saw on that trip reinforced my conviction that only the afghans have the right and responsibility to leave their country and then more and less american military force could not create or sustain a durable afghan government i believed that our presence in afghanistan should be focused on the reason we went the 1st place to ensure afghanistan would not be used as a base from which to attack our homeland again we did that we accomplish that objective . i said among with others we'd follow some of been led to the gates of hell of need be that's exactly what we did and we got him it took us close to 10 years to put president obama commitment of the form and that's exactly what happened with some of bin laden was gone that was 10 years ago think about that we delivered justice to been watching a decade ago and we've stayed in afghanistan for a decade sense sense then our reasons for remaining in afghanistan become increasingly un

united states planned from afghanistan. our objective was clear. the cause was just. our nato allies and partners rallied beside us. i supported that military action along with overwhelming majority of the members of congress. more than seven years later, in 2008, weeks before we swore the oath of office, president obama and i were about to swear, president obama asked me to travel to afghanistan and report back on the state of the war in afghanistan. i flew to afghanistan to the kunar valley, a rugged, mountainous reon the board we are pakistan. what i saw on that trip reinforced my conviction that only the afghans had the right and responsibility to lead their country and that more and endless american military force could not create or sustain a durable afghan government. i believed that our presence in afghanistan should be focused on the reason we went in the first place. to ensure afghanistan would not be used as a base from which to attack our homeland again. we did that. we accomplished that objective. i said we wou

afghanistan. it was just weeks, weeks after the terrorist attack on our nation that killed 2970 seven innocent souls, that turned lower manhattan into a disaster area, destroyed parts of the pentagon, and made hallowed ground of a field in shanksville, pennsylvania. promise that it sparked an american promise that we would never forget. we went to afghanistan in 2001 to root out al qaeda, to prevent future terrorist attacks planned from afghanistan. the objective was clear, the cause was just. supported that military action along with overwhelming majority of the members of congress. more than seven years later, in 2008, weeks before we swore the oath of office, president obama and i were about to swear, president obama asked me to travel to afghanistan and report back on the state of the war in afghanistan. i flew to afghanistan to the kunar valley, a rugged, mountainous reon the board we are pakistan. what i saw on that trip reinforced my conviction that only the afghans had the right and respon

we will support the government of afghanistan. we will provide assistance to the afghan national defenses and security forces. along with our partners, we are trained and equipped with a standing force of over 300 afghan personnel today. hundreds of thousands over the past two decades. they will continue to fight on behalf of the afghans at great cost. they will support peace talks as we will, between the governor of afghanistan and the taliban facilitated by the masons. -- nations. we will ask other countries in the region, especially pakistan as well as russia, china, india, turkey. they all have a significant stake in a stable future for afghanistan. our next few months we will also determine what a continued u.s. diplomatic presidents in afghanistan will look like, including howlett ensure the security of our diplomats? many will loudly insist that diplomacy cannot succeed without robust u.s. military presence to stand as leverage. we gave that argument a decade. it has never proved effective. not when we had 98,000 troops in

troops in afghanistan.

efforts in afghanistan. which will help keep radical islamic terrorism intra and bizarrely they've decided to do so. up number the 11 apparently were to help our adversaries running on the out of our 3. and on 11 and give her up and the country and her and i got right back to andrew you're in the us a me ask you is this true what mitch mcconnell is saying and does it even matter to americans who after 20 years are simply tired and fatigued with war. well the fact is afghans themselves are doing the majority of fighting in afghanistan and they have been since the drawdown of the majority of u.s. and nato troops in 2014 and afghan officials themselves will tell you that something close to 98 percent of all combat operations are carried out by afghans and afghans alone and indeed u.s. and nato support has grown extremely limited in the past years so it's not clear to me that a troop withdrawal actually is handing the country over either to the taliban or anyone else it's not that dramatic of a change what would

emanating from afghanistan. this september will be 20 years since afghanistan was used as a launching pad to attack america to kill almost 3,000 of us. the reason they killed 3,000 of us almost is they couldn't find a better way to kill more of us. does anybody doubt that if al qaeda or isis had nuclear capability, they would use it? so what have we learned in the last 20 years? when we allow sanctuary for radical islamic groups to train, equip, and get stronger, they come after us. they come after our way of life, and our allies. on march 22nd, i talked with mr. sullivan, and i said i know it is complicated, and there are no great choices. but count me in for the idea, we will not withdraw all forces in afghanistan until the conditions are ripe to tell the american people we left honorably and america is safer. i told mr. sullivan that i would support president biden's decision to accept military advice to keep a residual force of several thousand as an insurance policy against another 9/11. the result of this

but a forgotten war it was meant to make sure that the government of afghanistan which was run by the taliban at the time wouldn't be able to give safe haven to al qaeda again after the attacks of $911.00 but here we are 2 decades later with the taliban out of power but still a significant force in afghanistan late last year the taliban and the united states were very very close to a major summit in camp david when everything fell apart at the last minute former president set a deadline for the withdrawal of the last few 1000 american troops for this may but president biden doubts that's going to happen so what's keeping us leaders from ending this forever war joining me to figure this out is stephen walt professor of international relations at harvard university and one of america's leading political scientists he coauthored the israel lobby with john mearsheimer in 2007 and most recently wrote the hell of good intentions america's foreign policy elite and the decline of u.s. primacy dr weil is terrific to have you on with us today talking about this let us start for this is there ev

troops will be out of afghanistan. here's senate minority leader mitch mcconnell just this morning. >> bizarrely they have decided to do so by september 11th. apparently we're to help our adversaries ring in the anniversary of the 9-11 attacks by gift wrapping the country and handing it back to them. >> the white house press secretary was just asked during the briefing if there was any chance the president would reconsider if conditions on the ground in afghanistan change. she said no. so the president is set on this and he just really laid out the case that he believes it's time to focus on the threat of 2021 and not 2001. shift the united states's focus from afghanistan to countries like russia and china. one more thing, martha. if you look back ten years ago, vice president biden went to baghdad to preside over a ceremony commemorating the end of the u.s. military involvement in iraq. we know what happened after that. isis came in, took over large portions of the country and more u.s. troops had to go back in to ira

or might emerge from afghanistan.rs are extraordinary with respect to intelligence and over the horizon military capabilities doctrine and weaponry, and i think we have the capability to deal with it should it arise. al qaeda does not have the capability to execute a external threat against the united states but bill burns said the other day in front of the congress that the united states would develop and we have the ability to develop the intelligence outlook to anticipate and contest al qaeda if it should try to reconstitute. and the mission, i think, has changed in terms of its focus to a diplomatic humanitarian economic mission. there is leverage in that case. so i think it is the right decision after 20 years of military operations. and there are limits at the end of the day that we discovered with respect to what the united states military could accomplish with respect to the internal dynamics and conflicts in afghanistan so i think it is a realistic decision and to end where i started if you take the where i s

why not apply that lesson learned to afghanistan?to their credit, the trump administration was right to finally call it like it is and state that the u.s. presence in afghanistan couldn't and shouldn't continue forever. but, as usual, the trump team didn't put in the work to ensure that week -- we could do this by may 1. so a four-month extension announced by president biden will give us the ability to chart out the operational plans for pulling out the troops that we still have there. finally, i want to be honest. when we withdraw, there is a real possibility that the situation in afghanistan is going to get worse. it is likely that fighting between the afghan government and the taliban escalates. at that point, either the afghan government will have to lead the fight without the crutch of american support or the government could collapse. but this is the key point -- that has been the dynamic for the last 15 years, and it is going to continue to be the dynamic for the next 15 years. it wouldn't be any different if we had stayed for

together we went to afghanistan to root out al qaeda and prevent future terrorist attacks from afghanistan directed at our own lands now we will leave afghanistan together and bring our troops home. president biden just laid out our plan in detail in a speech to the american people and as you heard and as you just. noted will begin our troop withdrawal by may 1st and we'll complete it before the 20th anniversary of 911 later this year after years of saying that we will leave at some point that time has come the threat from al qaeda in afghanistan is significantly degraded osama bin laden has been brought to justice we have achieved our original objective and we don't believe that maintaining an indefinite troop presence in afghanistan is in our interests not for the united states not for nato and our allies. the world has changed dramatically over the last 20 years and as you heard the president say we have to adjust our strategy to meet the threats of 2021 not 2001 and take on the challenges that now demand our focus and resources the united states and our allies will coordinate closely o

not we had 98000 troops in afghanistan. and america's nato allies said afterwards they're joining the us in heading for the exits. i decided that we will start that would draw all of nato recess report mission forces by may 1st some afghans welcome the withdrawal of foreign troops but others fear their departure will leave people here even more vulnerable voters sort of whatever when he says the only thing that all people want but if foreign troops stay here the realization of peace in afghanistan will be impossible their presence will continue to cause problems what about it leaving in a time line we're. not there with the negotiations are we haven't received on that they meant with the fall of one would not be responsible and it would. cost us losing everything we we were put to that in the past 20 years afghanistan's president says the country's military is fully capable of defending the afghan people that pledge will likely soon be tested. for more on the story we can speak now with mari i'm sofie she's an international

troops in afghanistan.ere are about 6000 as part of a nato mission area correspondent gary o'donoghue has been listening to esident biden in washington and i asked how he thinks congress will react. >> the opposition will react very angrily. we have seen some of that in preview with senate republican leader mitch mcconnell, talking about the americans wrapping up afghanistan in paper and handing it back to their adversaries. other republicans will be less forceful than that, because a number of those who believe that america gets bogged down in these kinds of wars and needs to get out of them quickly. and there was the previous president's vw, who signed the agreement with taliban to withdraw american troops by may 1. so there will be a range of reactions, i am sure. after 20 years, those troops coming home, several thousand left in afghanistan, but there are a lot of questions about whether what has been achieved will be undone when american troops leave. the taliban is already on the rise again in afghani

ministrations decided to abandon us efforts in afghanistan. which will help you grow to call islamic terrorism and shock and bizarrely they've decided to do so. for the 11 apparently were to help our adversaries running on the anniversary of the non 11 attacks by gift wrapping the country and i got right back at them and through you're in the us me ask you is this true what mitch mcconnell is saying and does it even matter to americans who after 20 years are simply tired and fatigued with war. well the fact is afghans themselves are doing the majority of fighting in afghanistan and they have been since the drawdown of the majority of u.s. and nato troops in 2014 and afghan officials themselves will tell you that something close to 98 percent of all combat operations are carried out by afghans and afghans alone and indeed u.s. and nato support has grown extremely limited in the past years so it's not clear to me that a troop withdrawal actually is handing the country over either to the taliban or anyone else it's not that dramatic of a change w

afghanistan. he reported live in afghanistan following the attacks on 9-11. this time around what will the taliban returning to control mean? >> i remember 20 years ago being in a tent on top of a dirt fort. thinking america will come and build roads and pave them and we will have the internet and it will be great. 20 years later the taliban is coming back. i was able to come and go. for those who put l lives on the line the u.s. gave a generation of afghans freedom. i was over there a year ago. there were young men and especially women in college. they would not have done that under the taliban. we gave them 20 years of freedom. they have will a fight ahead of them. >> sandra: thank you very much for your coverage of afghanistan. a look back at your reporting of that. to give this date september 11th to withdrawal all u.s. troops from afghanistan, your thoughts on that? >> it's a mixed date. it's hard to imagine that things went south so badly and we have been there 20 years. one thing i saw that

iraq, then afghanistan, and libya. the u.s.t going to maintain a deep, lengthy 50 year involvement, etc. what americans don't fully understand is that once you have gone in and removed a government, and essentially destroyed the existing political institutions, it is a free-for-all. there are winners and losers, that will compete for power, and without a set of existing institutions, you are engaged in a massive social engineering project, trying to change not just the way people pick their leaders, but also the relations between different groups in societies. the relationship between men and women in the afghan case, one of the from the mental issues in any society. it inevitably creates enormous resentment and lots and lots of unintended consequences. because the u.s. is so powerful and so secure over here in the western hemisphere, we can do projects like that in a place like afghanistan, for a long time, without people here at home really feeling the hi t. butt has been costing us billions of dollars. and we do have other p

went clear met plane from afghanistan.ve allies partnered beside us. find wasjust, and our native allies partnered beside us.- wasjust, and our native allies partnered beside us. and i supported that alone partnered beside us. and i supported that along with _ partnered beside us. and i supported that along with an _ partnered beside us. and i supported that along with an overwhelming - that along with an overwhelming majority of the members of congress. more than seven years later in 2008, weeks before we swear the oath of office, president obama and i were about to swear, president obama he asked me to travel to afghanistan and report back on the state of the war in afghanistan. i flew afghanistan to the coup in our valley, a rugged mountainous region on the border with pakistan. what i saw on that trip reinforced my conviction that only the afghans have the right and responsibility to lead their country, and that more and endless american military force could not create or sustain a durable afghan government. i believed

ministrations decided to abandon us efforts in afghanistan. which will help the radical islamic terrorism intra. and bizarrely they've decided to do so. up time or the 11 apparently were to help our adversaries running on their anniversary of the non 11 attacks by gift wrapping the country and i got right back to. andrew you're in the us me ask you is this true what mitch mcconnell is saying and does it even matter to americans who after 20 years are simply tired and fatigued with war. well the fact is afghans themselves are doing the majority of fighting in afghanistan and they have been since the drawdown of the majority of u.s. and nato troops in 2014 and afghan officials themselves will tell you that something close to 98 percent of all combat operations are carried out by afghans and afghans alone and indeed u.s. and nato support has grown extremely limited in the past years so it's not clear to me that a troop withdrawal actually is handing the country over either to the taliban or anyone else it's not that dramatic of a change what woul

would withdraw troops from afghanistan by september 11th. the secretary spoke about the withdrawal plan at a news conference in kabul. >> .. >> threats from al qaeda and afghanistan is significantly degraded since osama bin laden has about to justice. even when our troops the innocent security partnership bipartisan that commitment to the afghan security forces. we will intensify our countries that have the economic investment development as they were more prosperous future and then to advocate for women she is and if tradition to editor in assistance and refugees. i shared that message in all my meetings today with representatives from civil society working every together the0 past 20 years because of their service and sacrifice and now we are embarking on a new chapter in our work here in partnership with the afghan people. thank you and happy to take questions. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> [inaudible] >> first things we know from our experience the last 20 is no. the only path forward to a durable lasting and just and cto the co

efforts in afghanistan. which will help the broader goal is love and terrorism and treasure and bizarrely they've decided to do so. up number the 11 apparently were to help our adversaries wrong and they out of our share of the non 11 a gift wrapping the country and i got right back to. andrew you're in the us me ask you is this true what mitch mcconnell is saying and does it even matter to americans who after 20 years are simply tired and fatigued with war. well the fact is afghans themselves are doing the majority of fighting in afghanistan and they have been since the drawdown of the majority of u.s. and nato troops in 2014 and afghan officials themselves will tell you that something close to 98 percent of all combat operations are carried out by afghans and afghans alone and indeed u.s. and nato support has grown extremely limited in the past years so it's not clear to me that a troop withdrawal actually is handing the country over either to the taliban or anyone else it's not that dramatic of a change w

why not afghanistan?e much cheaper, effective, and sure that t country can stand on its own. amy: professor, college.com who served under a has served under bush from arrector afghanistan, afghan american, serving now under biden, do you hold out any faith in him? close no. am sorry to say the man has no basis, no credibility, no legitimacy in his policies, daily behavior, his diegard for the conditions, terrible conditions. as i said, there is no protection from abroad than he would be gone into or three months, can be sure. amy: zaher wahab, thank you for being with us, afghan-american professor. i am sure we will be getting back to you as this all develops. and matthew hoh is a senior fellow with the center for international policy who resigned from the state department under obama because of his policy in afghanistan. next up, and american insurrection. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman juan gonzalez. a new report the c

which is securing afghanistan statewide. there is no deadline on security, the question is, how do you manage the risk and how do you increase your prospects for success? now we're about to enter negotiations. i don't think it maximizes the prospects for success to say yes, we want to negotiate but we're going to withdraw our forces. the president decided otherwise. so now, we need to of course correct and that's where this concept of the transatlantic partnership, this partnership for america, europeans and afghans is really crucial because at the end of, this is a political question. it's not a military question. >> going to turn to a few questions from the audience. there is one that says, if if ghana stan returns to civil war, how serious is the threat to the eu and i'm going to add the united states and elsewhere proposed by the regular migration, international terrorism and drug trafficking. maybe it could, as you just spoke ambassador cunningham, maybe you can take that question and then i'll turn to the others on the

i went to afghanistan in 2001 to rule out al qaeda, to root out plans from afghanistan.llies rallied beside us. i supported that military about an overwhelming majority of members of congress. in 2008, weeks before we swore the oath of office, president obama and i, president obama asked me to travel to afghanistan and report back on the state of the war in afghanistan. i flew to afghanistan to the kunar valley, a rugged, mountainous region on the border of pakistan. what i saw on that trip reinforced my conviction, that only the afghans have the right and responsibility to leave their country, and that a more and endless american military force could not sustain a durable afghan government. i believe that our presence in afghanistan should be focused on the reason we went in the first place, to ensure afghanistan would not be used as a base from which to attack our homeland again. we did that. we accomplished that objective. i said we would follow osama bin laden to the gates of hell if need be. that's exactly what we did, and we got him. it took us close to ten years t

after a generation of war in afghanistan u.s. president joe biden says it's time for american soldiers to return home we cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in afghanistan hoping to create ideal conditions i'm now the 4th united states president to preside over american troop presence in afghanistan to republicans to democrats. i will pass this responsibility on to a 5th the withdrawal of u.s. forces begins may 1st and ends by september 11th the 20th anniversary of the attacks on new york's twin towers and the pentagon the u.s. invaded afghanistan in 2001 attacking al qaeda training camps where osama bin laden coordinated the attacks but biden says since then security threats have evolved osama bin laden was gone that was 10 years ago and my direction my team is refining our national strategy to monitor and disrupt significant terrorist threats not only in afghanistan but anywhere there. and there in africa europe the middle east and elsewhere the united states has roughly 2500 soldiers in af

satellites and help the government of afghanistan. security while it was negotiate with the taliban and unfortunately now it doesn't look like it's going to be the case anymore 'd but as they would say you know you know maybe this is a way to put pressure on the afghan government to actually get its act together and start creating the conditions to negotiate this would be the only way forward. because it is indeed a terrible. time for the afghan government to get its act together and end of the conditions that is agreed to but is it solely the afghan government that is to blame for the stalling of the process. well you know of course the american government has been important in the taliban's both the trumpet nice transition and now the bike and unused transition with its condition though an ounce of that was drawn at least the trunk at the station had conditions follow it so it's definitely not just the afghan government's fault but you know the get the administration has been too busy fighting with all the political factions so play

and nato forces from afghanistan.is presently the main effort of my commands and with the tools necessary to accomplish this task. with that i look forward to answering your questions. thank you very much, general mckenzie. general townsend, please. >> can you hear me? >> yes, , sir. >> thank you. it's hard to tell. chairman reed, ranking member inhofe and members of the committee good morning and thank you for the opportunity to appear today. it's a privilege to represent america's exceptional men and women at u.s.-africa command who are dedicated to secure u.s. interests and preserving our strategic options on the african continent. this morning i'm accompanied by africom senior enlisted leader marine corps sergeant major richard thrasher and what mit staff advisors air force colonel jack. i'm also here this morning with my colleague and friend general frank mackenzie, centcom commander to discuss shared challenges and opportunities in the areas of responsibility and the high return the american people give their de

troops from afghanistan. of education miguel cardona discusses the nationwide return to in person classes. we talk about resistance to the jobs and infrastructure bill with senator shelly moore capito. plus, much more. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism. judy: we returned to the president's decision to withdraw u.s. troops from afghanistan by september 2021. for that we get three views. retired lieutenant general doug lute served in both the george w. bush and obama administrations focusing on afghanistan. he also served as u.s. ambassador to nato during the obama administration. annie pforzheimer had a 30 year career in the foreign service. she was the deputy chief of mission in afghanistan from 2017 to 2018, and was acting deputy assistant secretary of state for afghanistan until 2019. david sedney was deputy assistant secretary of defense for afghanistan, pakistan and central asia during the obama administration. until r

leaving afghanistan in?h, it's not correct to call parts of afghanistan ungovernable, they are being governed by the taliban, the insurgency. that's what's occurring in much of afghanistan already, except for kabul, and that will continue to worsen for afghans. a couple of interesting things, though, in the details of what joe biden said. he talked about how they're going to begin leaving on may 1st. the taliban have said very clearly the u.s. has 16 days for a full withdrawal and then they might think about joining peace talks. and biden was very clear to say if they are attacked or their allies or partners are attacked during that withdrawal, then they'll strike back. it potentially provides a month's long period where the u.s. could hit taliban targets under the premise of this particular scheme as well. kaitlan also pointed out the sort of way he threw a lot of decision-making back towards president trump saying he wouldn't necessarily have done it this way himself. but i have to say i was broadly struck

and other nato troops will finally leave afghanistan there is growing concern. over that worrying situation and people believe that if the foreign troops leave the country there will be a civil war from the south both of them are before them or. much of the anger here is directed at the taliban which nato forces had hoped to beat into submission. instead the islamist group now controls large areas of the country. either hostile myname our demand to the taliban is to come and make peace with the afghans and government absolutely. but many here are also pointing the finger at nato troops who've been on afghan soil for almost 20 years. before troops came here we didn't have any problems with their lives if the u.s. military pulls out people will be able to unite again and see peace restored you know a. peace though looks alone way off afghanistan's security situation is dire many like teacher parvana as a money now fear things will only get worse. and afghanistan as you saw there at a critical juncture the fate and the rights of afghan women in the balance accordin

to report back on the state of the war in afghanistan i flew to afghanistan to the coun our valley a rugged mountainous region on the border with pakistan what i saw on that trip reinforced my conviction that only the afghans have the right and responsibility to lead their country and then more and less american military force could not create or sustain a durable afghan government. i believed that our presence in afghanistan should be focused on the reason we went in the 1st place to ensure afghanistan would not be used as a base from which to attack our homeland again we did that we accomplish that objective i said among with others we'd follow some of ben laden of the gates of hell of need be that's exactly what we did and we got him it took us close to 10 years to put president obama commitment of in a form and that's exactly what happened with some of bin laden was gone that was 10 years ago think about that we delivered justice to bin laden a decade ago and we've stayed never again to stand for a decade sense sense then our reasons to remain in afghanistan become increasingly u

in the alliance is not abandoning afghanistan. >> this is not the end of our relationship with afghanistant the start of a new chapter. allies and partners will continue to stand with the afghan people. but it's now for the afghan people to build a sustainable peace. >> stephanie has more now from berlin on that message from nato. >> very much similar language here from nato secretary-general, similar to what the americans have been saying. also that nato troops will start their withdrawal on a first, just like the americans coordinated together. they went in together and will leave together. this was a historic mission in a sense that is the first vote in article five of the nato charter. that's also an attack on one member in an attack on all. all foreign troops will be withdrawing from afghanistan by september. this is what we are hearing. they say they remain committed to the country. of course it's been 20 years of conflict that they have had soldiers on the ground. now it really is up to diplomacy. >> meanwhile they have been at the pentagon and says that the u.s. defense department