October 08, 2020
Trump's Afghanistan withdrawal announcement takes US officials by surprise
Source: The Guardian
Journalists: Julian Borger, Emma Graham-Harrison
Donald Trump has announced on Twitter that he wants to bring all US troops home from Afghanistan by Christmas – a plan that came as a surprise to administration officials and which puts complicated peace negotiations in jeopardy.
Multiple officials told the Associated Press they had not been informed of any such deadline and military experts said it would be impossible to withdraw all 5,000 US troops in Afghanistan and dismantle the US military headquarters by the end of the year.
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Dr. Jason Dempsey
Adjunct Senior Fellow, Military, Veterans, and Society Program
Jason Dempsey is an Adjunct Senior Fellow of the Military, Veterans, and Society Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Dr. Dempsey has written extensively ...
