New Zealand will end one of its longest overseas deployments, following the announcement that the last six New Zealand soldiers in Aghanistan will leave by May.
That still leaves thousands of American and NATO troops in the country - and NATO leaders are meeting for the first time since Joe Biden's election to determine whether those forces should also be withdrawn.
A peace agreement with the Taliban set a deadline of 1 May for the full withdrawal of the alliance's 10,000 soldiers.
But a recent upsurge of violence in Afghanistan is leading for some on the American side to reconsider.
Susie Ferguson spoke to the BBC's Chief International Correspondent, Lyse Doucet, is in Kabul, who explained NATO's dilemma.
