Trump orders troops home from Afghanistan; I suspect "antiwar" libs will rage

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Trump orders troops home from Afghanistan; I suspect "antiwar" libs will rage

About half of the 14,000 U.S. forces will return home in the coming weeks, the start of a total pullout.

President Trump has ordered the start of a reduction of American forces in Afghanistan.

More than 7,000 American troops will begin to return home from Afghanistan in the coming weeks, a U.S. official said. The move will come as the first stage of a phased drawdown and the start of a conclusion to the 17-year war.






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The plans for troop withdrawals also reflect Mr. Trump’s campaign promises and his “America First” approach to overseas involvements.

In a Twitter message on Thursday, he wrote, “Time to come home.”

In both the Afghan and Syrian conflicts, Mr. Trump earlier this year voiced an interest in bringing troops home within the year or less.


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In Afghanistan, the U.S. is part of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization mission that includes dozens of other countries.

Unlike the withdrawal ordered in Syria, the Afghanistan draw-down is expected to be more deliberative because of the presence of treaty allies.

NATO as enforced a longstanding view that deploying U.S. troops overseas is necessary.

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