US Drawdown in Afghanistan Is Ahead of Schedule – News From Antiwar.com
Posted by M. C. on May 1, 2020
Yah but where are the troops going?
Home or Iraq or Syria or SA or Iran?
https://news.antiwar.com/2020/04/30/us-drawdown-in-afghanistan-is-ahead-of-schedule/
Earlier this week, it was reported that President Trump was keen to speeding up the pullout from Afghanistan, because of concerns that the nation could soon find itself with coronavirus problems. The US has been cutting troops all this time, and are ahead of schedule.
When the peace deal was reached, the goal was to have 8,600 troops left by July. There are fewer than 10,000 left right now, and officials say that the 8,600 goal could be reached in just a few weeks. More cuts are expected after that.
The US never set a date to be out of Afghanistan at the time of the peace deal, but with Trump wanting out there seems to be a good chance that the level is just going to keep going down for the time being.
Trump had wanted cuts before the 2020 election, and cemented that this was going to happen with the Taliban peace deal. Even though post-deal progress has been slowed by the Afghan government’s lack of prisoner releases, the US is continuing the cuts.
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