CENTCOM is releasing drawdown updates, but they don’t include troop numbers
Meghann Myers
The U.S. military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan is between 6 and 12 percent complete, according to a Tuesday release from Central Command, but it’s unclear how many troops, if any, have made their way home.
That’s on purpose, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Tuesday, in order to hedge against possible attacks by the Taliban.
“Central Command has expressed a concern about the release of personnel figures specifically,” Kirby told reporters on Tuesday, “given that we have to assume, and we are still assuming that this drawdown could be opposed by the Taliban.”
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