NATO to Cut Forces in Afghanistan, Match US Withdrawal

[rangerrebew]

NATO to Cut Forces in Afghanistan, Match US Withdrawal
By VOA News
Updated April 14, 2021 06:04 PM
 
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Italian FM Luigi Di Maio, Secretary of State Blinken, Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu, NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg and British Foreign Secretary Raab during a meeting in Brussels, Apr. 14, 2021.

NATO says it will pull out all its troops from Afghanistan, matching a U.S. pledge to do the same.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, after meeting Wednesday with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, announced at a news conference that about 7,000 NATO troops would be withdrawn.

"We will start the withdrawal of NATO Resolute Support forces by May 1," Stoltenberg said. "We plan to complete the withdrawal of all our troops within a few months.

https://www.voanews.com/usa/nato-cut-forces-afghanistan-match-us-withdrawal

[rangerrebew]

Are the Taliban going to extort money from NATO, too, or will they just work on the US.  My guess it will be just the US.  As they say, too many cooks spoil the broth - and too many people being extorted spoils the income.