Pentagon chief gives go-ahead to begin troop drawdown in Afghanistan

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Pentagon chief gives go-ahead to begin troop drawdown in Afghanistan
By Ellen Mitchell - 03/02/20 01:15 PM EST

Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday said he has given the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan his approval to begin removing American forces from the country.

Esper told reporters at the Pentagon that the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Gen. Scott Miller, “has my OK, approval” to begin reducing the number of U.S. troops from 12,000 down to roughly 8,600.

“My instruction to the commander was: ‘Let’s get moving. Let’s show our full faith and effort to do that.’”


Esper added that the drawdown would start “within 10 days.”

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https://thehill.com/policy/defense/485483-pentagon-chief-gives-go-ahead-to-begin-troop-drawdown-in-afghanistan

[Fishrrman]

Draw 'em down... right "down" to ZERO.

Get outta that sh**hole and let them rot.