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The Pentagon has issued a notice to commanders known as a 'warning order.' According to CNN, officials say it's to begin planning to draw down the number of troops in Afghanistan to 2,500 troops and 2,500 in Iraq by Jan 15. US military commanders expect President Donald Trump to issue a formal order to begin further troop withdrawal before Trump leaves office on January 20th. The Pentagon appears ready to remove thousands more US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq. However, it also indicates Trump may fall short of fulfilling one of his core promises to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan before he leaves office. Multiple top military officials, including former Defense Secretary Mark Esper, said conditions were not yet right for complete troop withdrawal.
The White House says it is making available to Congress a long-awaited classified report on the 2021 US withdrawal from Afghanistan, which ended 20 years of attempts to defeat the Taliban guerrillas. SOUNDBITE
Kandahar (Afghanistan), Sep 7 (EFE / EPA) .- Arms and ammunition dealers see a boom in their businesses after the end of the war and people who have had weapons in their homes now sell them in the market, since they believe they no longer need them.FOOTAGE OF A GUNS AND BULLETS DEALER IN PANJWAYEE, KANDAHAR DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN.
The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan will be finalized by the end of next month, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tells reporters at a press briefing in Washington. "We expect it to be completed by the end of August," Psaki says. SOUNDBITE
Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Feb 15 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Igor Kovalenko).- Kyrgyzstan, the former Soviet republic, on Monday commemorated the 32nd anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan with a ceremony in the country's capital, Bishkek, in memory of the soldiers killed during the conflict. FOOTAGE OF THE CEREMONY IN HONOR OF THE FALLEN SOLDIERS IN AFGHANISTAN THAT TOOK PLACE IN BISHKEK.
Last week, US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said the US would reduce the number of US troops in Afghanistan from 4,500 down to 2,500 by year's end. O'Brien added that the drawdown would take place, regardless of the conditions on the ground. But on Sunday, America's most senior general publicly pushed back at O'Brien's remarks, calling them 'speculation.' Robert O'Brien, or anyone else, can speculate as they see fit, I am not going to engage in speculation, I'm going to engage in the rigorous analysis of the situation based on the conditions and the plans that I'm aware of in my conversations with the President. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley The mixed messages from the Pentagon and the White House come as the Taliban launched a major military offensive against the Afghan government. The attack prompted US military aircraft to carry out a series of airstrikes against Taliban fighters in recent days.
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