The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as a sign of a new era
Journal: Vostok Afro-Aziatskie obshchestva istoriia i sovremennost
Year: 2022

The end of the U.S. presence in the Afghan conflict by the 20thanniversary of events of September 11 2001 is a significant and symbolic event. In this article the author formulates an assessment by posing a question – how does the withdrawal of the US armed forces from AfPak region correlate with its strategy? The article examines the transformation of Washington’s policy goals towards the Afghan conflict throughout the last 20 years by comparing the approaches of four U.S. presidents, it also e