News He was the last US soldier to leave Afghanistan after 20 years of occupation August 30, 2021August 31, 2021Joey Garrison and Ledyard King, USA TODAYComments Off on He was the last US soldier to leave Afghanistan after 20 years of occupation Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg, N.C., was the final soldier to leave Afghanistan.