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The administration of then-President Donald Trump signed an agreement with the Taliban early last year calling for the
withdrawal of all foreign troops by May in return for the
insurgents fulfilling certain security guarantees.
Trump hailed the accord – which did not include the Afghan
government – as the end of two decades of war.
He reduced U.S. troops to 2,500 by this month, the fewest since 2001.
Now four senior NATO officials have said not all the troops would be taken out of the country by the end of April,
“There will be no full withdrawal by allies by April-end,”
one of the officials told Reuters.
“Conditions have not been met,” he said on condition of
anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.
“And with the new U.S. administration, there will be tweaks in the policy, the sense of hasty withdrawal which was prevalent will be addressed and we could see a much more calculated exit strategy.”
More to follow.
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