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Last U.S. Soldier To Leave Afghanistan Is Two-Star General And 30-year Army Veteran Christopher Donahue

Major General Christopher Donahue, 52, was the last soldier to leave Kabul. He boarded the final U.S. Air Force flight out of Afghanistan, at one minute before midnight on Monday  

Daily Mail: Last man out of Afghanistan: Two-star general and 30-year Army veteran Christopher Donahue is revealed as the final American soldier to board a plane out of Kabul Airport 

* Maj Gen Christopher Donahue, 52, was the last soldier to leave Afghanistan 

* He flew out on the final flight at 3:29pm Washington time on Tuesday, or one minute before midnight in Kabul 

* Donahue is the commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina 

* His division is the nation's Immediate Response Force, and they are positioned to deploy anywhere in the world within 18 hours of notification 

* Donahue has deployed 17 times in support of operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Eastern Europe 

* He served in the special forces before studying at Harvard and working in the Pentagon as special assistant to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff 

* Donahue, a two star general, deployed to Afghanistan in mid August and was given the job of maintaining security at the airport 

The final U.S. soldier to leave Afghanistan after 20 years at war has been named as Major General Christopher Donahue, who was pictured striding onto the last plane out of Kabul on Monday. 

Donahue, commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division, left the country on an Air Force transport plane which carried a remaining contingent of troops from Kabul airport. 

Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, said the last planes took off from Kabul airport at 3:29pm Washington time on Monday, or one minute before midnight in Kabul.  

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WNU Editor: This is the same General Christopher Donahue who criticized last week British Special Forces in Kabul to stop rescuing people because they were embarrassing him .... US General Tells British Special Forces In Kabul To Stop Rescuing People Because You Are Making Us Look Bad (August 21, 2021).



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