Chaos and bloodshed as last US flight leaves Kabul
by Julian Borger, Jon Henley and David Smith from on (#5NYYP)
Last two Americans, including acting ambassador, have now now left, ending near 20-year occupation
America's longest war came to an end just before midnight local time in Afghanistan, when the last evacuation flight flew out of Kabul airport.
A C-17 military transport took off carrying the US commander who oversaw the evacuation operation, Maj Gen Christopher Donahue of the 82nd Airborne Division, and the acting US ambassador, Ross Wilson, who were the last two Americans to step off the tarmac in Kabul, minutes before the 31 August deadline.
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