The withdrawal from Afghanistan occurred five years prior to August 2026.

Posted by The Michael Berry Show, Aug 18, 2026Checked Aug 27, 2026Updated Nov 2, 2026

Polygraph verdictTrue

Sources: 5 support
Said: 1 time·
Confidence: 90%

The Michael Berry ShowAug 18, 2026

The U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan was completed on August 30, 2021, which is five years before August 2026, so the claim's core timing holds. The post's reference to a weekend anniversary is a timing detail that does not affect the grade, and the extracted claim is a faithful paraphrase of the passage.

What was said

… And the problem with this is that we live in a frenetic, frenzied state of constantly being really upset over something, but never actually doing anything about it or understanding what it means. So, over the weekend, we've we completed the five-year anniversary of the withdrawal from Afghanistan that was botched by Joe Biden, but negotiated, in my opinion, very ably by President Trump. President Trump has been the president who said Iraq was a failure, Afghanistan was a failure, and that's hard, that's hard to process, but true, because a lot of …

The Michael Berry Show · Aug 18, 2026· from the transcriptPost →

What we found

Supports. Reuters reported on August 30, 2021 that the U.S. completed its military withdrawal from Afghanistan that day, after the last C-17 left Kabul.[1]

Supports. The Congressional Research Service states the U.S. military and diplomatic withdrawal concluded on August 30, 2021, with the departure of U.S. forces.[2]

Supports. Britannica and NBC Boston both date the completion of the U.S. withdrawal to August 30, 2021.[4][5]

Supports. The Afghanistan War Commission's August 31, 2026 statement says that five years earlier the final U.S. military forces departed Afghanistan.[3]

Context. The post itself is the claimant's own words and cannot corroborate the claim; the grade rests on the independent 2021 and 2026 records above.