Withdrawal of Spanish troops from Afghanistan

According to the announcement, King Felipe VI, Spanish Prime Minister and Minister of Defense will be present at the ceremony of returning and welcoming the Spanish troops to their country, and at the same time, a memorial service will be held for the Spanish killed in the war in Afghanistan.

In order to join and cooperate with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Spain has participated in the war in Afghanistan since 2002 by sending 350 troops, increasing this number to more than a thousand at one time. According to Spanish officials, 27,100 members of the Spanish army have taken part in the war in Afghanistan. The Spanish troops were stationed at NATO bases in the provinces of Herat, Badghis and Kabul, and their number was reduced to 26 in 2021, and they also left Afghanistan in recent days.