US Eyes International Effort to Help Secure Kabul Airport After Troops Withdrawal

The United States and its NATO allies are exploring a possible international effort to help secure the airport in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, after American troops withdraw from the country.

 

U.S. Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said yesterday that, a secure airport would be essential to ensuring that the United States and European allies could maintain embassies in



Afghanistan.

 

President Joe Biden's April order to pull out all troops by 11 September could inflame Afghanistan's internal conflict between the internationally backed Afghan government and the Taliban insurgency.

 

The Biden administration has stressed that the United States will remain committed to Afghanistan, shifting its focus to diplomacy while continuing robust financial support to Kabul.