What will happen in Afghanistan after the U.S. withdrawal?

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On June 25, U.S. President Joe Biden met his Afghan counterpart, Ashraf Ghani, at the White House. He said that although the U.S. will complete the withdrawal of its military personnel from the country by September and thus bring to an end the longest American military intervention abroad – what has become known as the "forever war" – the U.S. will continue to support Afghanistan and its government beyond that date.

Although welcome, Biden's statement raises a number of questions and uncertainties for the future of both Ghani and Afghanistan. Perhaps the most important is the question of the Taliban and what it will do.

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