Pentagon Plan Ends US Afghan Troops in 5 Yrs.; Would Halve US Afghan Troops in Few Months

A new Pentagon report reveals that all U.S. troops could exit Afghanistan within the next half-decade, the Washington Examiner website reports today (March 1, 2019).

A plan under consideration as part of Afghanistan peace negotiations would pull all of the roughly 14,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan within three to five years, along with other international troops in the region.

The plan would halve the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan in the next few months.

With European and Australian troops taking charge of training Afghan forces, remaining U.S. forces would be freed up to focus more attention on counterterrorism strikes.