The Pentagon has said that the withdrawal of remaining U.S. military forces in Afghanistan is making steady headway, with up to 12 percent of the process already complete. The U.S. military’s Central Command, or Centcom, said in a May 11 statement that it estimates completion of between 6-12 percent “of the entire retrograde process,” the technical…
US Starts Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan With ‘Local Actions’ Already Taken: Gen. Miller
America’s top general in Afghanistan said Sunday that the U.S. military has already begun closing down operations in the country in preparation for a full withdrawal. “All of our forces are now preparing to retrograde,” Army Gen. Austin Miller told Afghan journalists at a press conference in the capital, Kabul. Miller added that the official…
General: Afghan Military Will Collapse Without Some US Help
WASHINGTON—Afghanistan’s military “will certainly collapse” without some continued American support once all U.S. troops are withdrawn, the top U.S. general for the Middle East told Congress Thursday. Gen. Frank McKenzie also said he was very concerned about the Afghan government’s ability to protect the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, said…
No Guarantee ISIS Won’t Bounce Back in Afghanistan After Troop Pullout: National Security Adviser
National security adviser Jake Sullivan says he “can’t make any guarantees” that terrorist groups such as al-Qaida and ISIS won’t see a resurgence once U.S. forces are withdrawn from Afghanistan in the coming months. Sullivan made the remarks on April 18 in response to questions from Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace, who cited pushback…
EXCLUSIVE: Afghanistan’s Security Is Linked to World Security, Says Senior Afghan Diplomat
NEW DELHI—Ahead of the May 1 troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the country’s Ambassador to India and the former senior political advisor to the Afghan National Security Council told The Epoch Times in an exclusive interview that the Afghans are not fighting a civil war but international terrorism. The withdrawal of troops shouldn’t be time-bound, he said….
Taliban Calls on Biden to Honor Trump’s Deal to Withdraw Troops From Afghanistan
The Taliban has called on President-elect Joe Biden to honor a peace deal negotiated with the Trump administration, which calls for the withdrawal of all American forces from Afghanistan by May to help advance peace talks. “Steps must now be taken to end the war, not to prolong it, and the agreement was made for the…
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