'It is time to end America's longest war': Biden to announce full withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan

11 that the country "cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in Afghanistan hoping to create the ideal conditions for our withdrawal, expecting a different result.".

The Biden administration shared the president's decision with NATO allies this week, and other troops serving from allied countries in Afghanistan will also withdraw, a senior administration official said Tuesday.

Biden’s decision, which the senior administration official said is expected to begin before the May 1 deadline for complete withdrawal outlined in a deal the Trump administration reached with the Taliban, comes after a three-month Afghanistan policy review.

The review determined that any national security threat from Afghanistan is at a "level that we can address it without a persistent military footprint in the country and without being at war with the Taliban," an administration official said.

ET, that the United States will continue to support the Afghanistan government and will provide assistance to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces.

troops invaded Afghanistan in 2001, toppling the Taliban government that had sheltered Al Qaeda and its leader, Osama bin Laden, the architect of the Sept.

withdrawal calls into question the future of President Ashraf Ghani's government, which has been fighting an increasingly bloody war with the Taliban ahead of a U.S.

and Afghan governments repeatedly in the past and Afghanistan would respect any decision taken by Washington with regard to its troops.

Afghan national defense forces have recently conducted 98 percent of operations independently and "are fully capable" of doing that in the future, Omar said in a statement provided by the Afghan president's office.

An intelligence community report published Tuesday about global threats to the national security of the United States said prospects for a peace deal in Afghanistan are “low” and warned that “the Taliban is likely to make gains on the battlefield.”.

If the coalition withdraws support, the Afghan government will “struggle to hold the Taliban at bay,” the report says.

The Taliban has been negotiating a path to peace with an Afghan delegation in Doha on and off since September

11, the senior administration official said