President Joe Biden has announced that he will break the agreement negotiated between the Trump administration and the Taliban and will keep U.S. forces in Afghanistan past the May 1st deadline.

Biden did set a new date for withdrawal of all forces to be September 11th, 2021.

According to CNBC:

Biden’s removal of U.S. forces will coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that triggered the nation’s entry into what would become its longest war.

The announcement comes as Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin meet with NATO partners in Brussels.

In February 2020, the Trump administration brokered a deal with the Taliban that would usher in a permanent cease-fire and reduce further the U.S. military’s footprint from approximately 13,000 troops to 8,600 by mid-July last year.

By May 2021, all foreign forces would leave Afghanistan, according to the deal. The majority of troops in the country are from Europe and partner nations. There are about 2,500 U.S. service members currently in Afghanistan.

Critics have warned that Kabul will quickly fall back into the hands of the Taliban if both U.S. and NATO forces leave.