I'm here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from Afghanistan in the end of the military mission.

The last C-17 lifted off from Hamad Karzai International Airport on August 30th this afternoon at 3.29 p.m. East Coast time.

Can you assure the American public that every single U.S. service member is now out of Afghanistan?

Every single U.S. service member is now out of Afghanistan. Every single U.S. service member is now out of Afghanistan.

I can say that with 100% certainty.

The head of the United States Central Command, General Kenneth McKenzie, with the historic announcement yesterday,

that America's longest war officially now has come to an end.

Good morning.

Welcome to morning, Joe. It is Tuesday,

August 31st, a date circled on the calendar for the American withdrawal. I'm Willie Geist. After

nearly 20 years, the U.S. mission in Afghanistan is over. The last American troop boarded a C-17

aircraft shortly before midnight in Kabul last night, marking the end of a chaotic and deadly exit from

the country. In total, the State Department says more than 122,000 people were evacuated since late

July, including more than 6,000 Americans, but officials estimate between 1 and 200 U.S.

citizens have been left behind.

Look, there's a lot of heartbreak associated with this departure.

We did not get everybody out that we wanted to get out.

But I think if we'd state another 10 days, Louis, we wouldn't have gotten everybody out that we wanted to get out.

And there still would have been people who would have been disappointed with that.

It's a tough situation. But I want to emphasize again that simply because we have left,

that doesn't mean the opportunities for both Americans that are in Afghanistan that want to leave

and Afghans who want to leave. They will not be denied that opportunity.

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