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American general leading Afghanistan war returns to U.S.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley greeted General Austin S. Miller, the U.S. general leading the war in Afghanistan, at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday, marking a symbolic end to America’s longest military conflict, Reuters reported.
Miller, America’s last four-star commander to serve on the ground in Afghanistan, set off on Monday from the military base in Kabul that long had been the nerve center for the two-decade-old war effort.
Emboldened by the departure of foreign forces by a September target, with peace talks stalled, the Taliban are making a fresh push to surround cities and capture territory.
However, the Afghan government said this week that security forces will soon retake fallen districts.