New York Times
A deadly blast rocked Afghanistan as U.S. troops started to leave.
A suicide bomber blew up a truck in Logar province on Friday night, killing at least 27 people. If the blast was the work of the Taliban, as the Afghan government asserts, it would be the most overt signal yet that a peace deal reached by the Trump administration is off.
The blast occurred just before a May 1 deadline agreed to last year by the Taliban and U.S. officials to end the 20-year U.S. military presence in Afghanistan. That plan was scrapped when President Biden shifted the withdrawal to Sept. 11, but it’s unclear whether the blast was retaliation for that extension. U.S. troops have already started to leave the country, and American bases are being dismantled.
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