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U.S. Troop withdrawal complete, marks end of 20 year war | Afro

By J.K. Schmid Special to the AFRO President Biden put America first in his remarks on the end of the US war in Afghanistan, Tuesday. Similar to his predecessor, President Biden emphasized the size, scale and significance of the war in Afghanistan that spanned two decades in a recent address to the nation. Two weeks […]

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