President Trump in 2016 campaigned on pulling the US out of wars like Afghanistan, but has been unable to make good on that promise.
There are currently somewhere between 12,000 to 13,000 US troops in Afghanistan, and withdrawing 4,000 troops would bring total numbers down to somewhere between 8,000 and 9,000. But there’s not a clear timeline on when such a withdrawal might begin, nor specific details on how it would be conducted.Foto: US military advisers from the 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade sit at an Afghan National Army base in Maidan Wardak province, Afghanistan, on August 6, 2018.
Trump in 2016 campaigned on pulling the US out of wars like Afghanistan, but has been unable to make good on that promise since entering the White House. The president reportedly wants to withdraw all US troops by November 2020, and pulling 4,000 out in the near future would be a significant step in that direction. At the same time, the president could face criticism and pushback for withdrawing troops without a solid peace deal in place with the Taliban. The presence of US troops in Afghanistan is considered
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