Last Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced he would withdraw all US ground troops from Afghanistan by September 11. Criticizing the ill-defined objectives pursued by his successors, President Biden refused to order US soldiers to engage any longer in a mission they could not achieve.

He acknowledged that war among Afghans would likely continue, but he resolved to remove Americans from combat. What has the US actually achieved in the region?

NRA spoke with geopolitical analyst Taimoor Shah…