‘War is over’: FINAL US flight reportedly leaves Kabul airport, ending Afghanistan airlift

The last three US military transport planes have departed the Hamid Karzai airport just ahead of the August 31 deadline, officially ending the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to reports from Kabul.

The “final plane is wheels up. War is over,” Newsweek editor Naveed Jamali tweeted on Monday, citing an unnamed US official.

A few minutes earlier, a CNN reporter said the last three C-17 transport planes had taken off from Karzai International, saying it “could be the end of US presence” in Afghanistan.

Three C-17s have just left Hamid Karzai International Airport in a row. The time now is midnight in Kabul. This could be the end of the US presence in Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/rS1NJKsxWy

— Oren Liebermann (@OrenCNN) August 30, 2021

“The war is over. America’s last troops have just left Kabul airport,” RT’s Murad Gazdiev tweeted from Kabul, adding that the war lasted “19 years, 10 months and 25 days.”

The US war in Afghanistan lasted 19 years, 10 months and 25 days.

The war is over. America’s last troops have just left Kabul airport.

The Taliban won

— Murad Gazdiev (@MuradGazdiev) August 30, 2021

Afghan journalist Masoom Ghaznavi posted what he called “the last pictures of the occupation of our country,” showing US troops preparing to leave the airport.

دا تاریخي انځورونه درسره ثبت کړئ دا زموږ د وطن د اشغال اخرني انځورونه دې چې اشغالګرو ته مو تاریخي ماته ورکړه او شرمیدلي روان دې

Follow, @masoomghaznavi1 pic.twitter.com/6HtWnX5cAk

— Masoom Ghaznavi/معصوم غزنوي (@masoomghaznavi1) August 30, 2021

"All foreign occupation forces withdrew from the country moments ago,” Voice of America reported, quoting a Taliban official.

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