US troop drawdown in Afghanistan running ahead of schedule

[BHarwana]

Washington (CNN)The US now has fewer than 10,000 US troops in Afghanistan, putting the Trump administration ahead of schedule on the commitment to drawdown troops that it made in the US-Taliban peace deal signed earlier this year, three sources familiar with the numbers tell CNN.

The US has until mid-July to fulfill its pledge to reduce troops to 8,600, from the total 12,000 to 13,000 in the country earlier this year. But it could hit that goal in a few weeks --- months before the deadline -- explained one US official.
The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the drawdown somewhat, one US defense official said. There has been a pause in a significant amount of military training activity due to the virus, which has made it easier to send some US troops home.
The Pentagon said it wasn't providing updates on current troop levels "due to operational security concerns associated with the draw down," but said in a statement that the drawdown is ongoing

https://us.cnn.com/2020/04/30/politics/us-troops-afghanistan-drawdown/index.html

 

[ARMalik]

Interesting, they seem to be in a hurry to leave A-Stan.

 

[aziqbal]

19 years and not even the outskirts of Kabul is safe

what a waste

 

[TheBlackCoat]

This will give full freedom for the US, Pakistan and Taliban to attack Iran in the coming months.

 

[ARMalik]

This will give full freedom for the US, Pakistan and Taliban to attack Iran in the coming months.

You have your Geopolitics all messed up.

 

[TheBlackCoat]

You have your Geopolitics all messed up.

US-Pakistan-Taliban made a deal to attack Iran this summer. This was the gist of the Afghan peace deal.

 

[Crystal-Clear]

US-Pakistan-Taliban made a deal to attack Iran this summer. This was the gist of the Afghan peace deal.

there is no such deal . PAKISTAN wont be a party if usa decided to attack iran .

 

[hunter_hunted]

Yes. Both Pakistan & Taliban are anti-shia and anti-iran.

Thanks to Pakistan, US-Pakistan-Taliban have agreed to join forces to hit Iran hard this coming summer.

First deal with covid19 then attack Iran

 

[Asian.Century]

But US is not fulfilling the deal of letting thousands of Taliban prisoners free.

 

[ARMalik]

US-Pakistan-Taliban made a deal to attack Iran this summer. This was the gist of the Afghan peace deal.

Right, and you know this because you were sitting there when the deal was signed? Dude, stop making up lies and fantasies.

 

[Crystal-Clear]

Yes. Both Pakistan & Taliban are anti-shia and anti-iran.

Thanks to Pakistan, US-Pakistan-Taliban have agreed to join forces to hit Iran hard this coming summer.

you are just making up stuff .
we have a shia president .

 

[xyx007]

Yes. Both Pakistan & Taliban are anti-shia and anti-iran.

Thanks to Pakistan, US-Pakistan-Taliban have agreed to join forces to hit Iran hard this coming summer.

Indian fart .....Who told you such a non-sense story ...there's no such Pakistan & Taliban are anti-Shia and anti-Iran. Mawlawi Mahdi, a Shiite cleric militia leader, was named the Taliban’s governor for Balkhab district in Sar-e-Pul province in northern Afghanistan.
https://www.thenational.ae/world/as...zara-community-with-new-appointment-1.1011775
https://thediplomat.com/2020/02/why-the-taliban-wont-cut-ties-with-iran/

Islamabad’s push for peace between Iran, the U.S. and U.S. ally Saudi Arabia also reflects a pattern of Pakistani neutrality toward conflicts involving Muslim-majority nations. We have neutraility policy

 

[TheBlackCoat]

Indian fart .....Who told you such a non-sense story ...there's no such Pakistan & Taliban are anti-Shia and anti-Iran. Mawlawi Mahdi, a Shiite cleric militia leader, was named the Taliban’s governor for Balkhab district in Sar-e-Pul province in northern Afghanistan.
https://www.thenational.ae/world/as...zara-community-with-new-appointment-1.1011775
https://thediplomat.com/2020/02/why-the-taliban-wont-cut-ties-with-iran/

Islamabad’s push for peace between Iran, the U.S. and U.S. ally Saudi Arabia also reflects a pattern of Pakistani neutrality toward conflicts involving Muslim-majority nations. We have neutraility policy

Taliban is funded by GCC through Pakistan. Taliban-US-Pakistan have agreed to this deal to destroy the tyrannical regime in Tehran and bring freedom to the people of Iran who have been suffering the worst kind of atrocities.

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

Taliban is funded by GCC through Pakistan. Taliban-US-Pakistan have agreed to this deal to destroy the tyrannical regime in Tehran and bring freedom to the people of Iran who have been suffering the worst kind of atrocities.

 

[PakFactor]

But US is not fulfilling the deal of letting thousands of Taliban prisoners free.

It’s the Afghan Govt. that’s not abiding by the agreement even the Americans been telling Ghani to let the prisoners go, but I guess he has a death wish.