US Troop Size in Afghanistan Will Reduce to 4,000 ‘Very Soon’, Trump Says
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(Worthy News) – U.S. President Donald Trump has said the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan will be reduced to “anywhere from 4,000 to 5,000” troops by November this year.
Trump’s remarks to Axios for HBO came as the Afghan Taliban has said its chief peace negotiator in a video meeting on Monday with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the state of the Afghan peace process.
“It’s already planned. We’ll be down in a very short period of time to 8,000 [troops], then we’re going to be down to 4,000, we’re negotiating right now. We have been there for 19 years,” Trump told the media outlet. The U.S. president declined to specify the exact time but said that it would happen “very soon.” [ Source: VOA News (Read More…) ]
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