By Bonnie Kristian
In a video address to the nation on Wednesday last week, President Joe Biden announced the 20-year US war in Afghanistan will finally end by September of this year.
It's not quite the timeline of the pact negotiated with the Taliban by the Trump administration: Biden said he'll "begin" the final US withdrawal on May 1, which was to be the deadline for its completion, and instead complete it by the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
This doesn't exactly comply with the peace deal, but it doesn't discard it, either, and that could prove enough to hold the Taliban to its side of the bargain.
This piece was originally published in Insider on April 22, 2021. Read more HERE.