Sen. Lindsey Graham said on Monday that President Donald Trump could decide in the next few weeks to announce a partial withdrawal of thousands of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. During a visit to Kabul, the South Carolina Republican said he could support a decision by Trump to reduce troop levels from
Sen. Lindsey Graham said on Monday that President Donald Trump could decide in the next few weeks to announce a partial withdrawal of thousands of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.
“So if President Trump decides in the next few weeks to reduce our forces below the 12,000 we have, I could support that,” said Graham.The president has long advocated for a reduction in the number of American forces in Afghanistan and the Middle East. Most recently, he told service members during a surprise Thanksgiving visit to Bagram Air Base, the largest U.S. base in Afghanistan, that he would"reduce" forces there"very substantially.
The secretary said he's in favor of the reduction in order to"reallocate" U.S. troops to the Asia-Pacific region to deter aggressive actions by China. Instead, the talks took a break last Thursday after a Taliban attack the day prior on an abandoned medical facility outside Bagram. Khalilzad said he"expressed outrage" to Taliban negotiators and both sides agreed to"a brief pause for them to consult their leadership on this essential topic" of a reduction in violence.
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