Explainer: What happens now that US troops have left Afghanistan?

ReutersPublished: Aug 31, 2021 11:25 PM | Updated: Sep 1, 2021 1:43 AM

For the first time since 2001, there are no American troops in Afghanistan after the United States completed the evacuation of most of its citizens and thousands of at-risk Afghans.

More than 114,000 people have been airlifted from Kabul airport in the past two weeks as part of the US effort.

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