A US airman walks past a row of Chinook helicopters at Kandahar airbase in southern Afghanistan, which has now been turned over to the Afghan military as US forces withdraw from the country
The Hill: US troop pullout from Afghanistan now expected to be complete by mid-July: report
U.S. troops are reportedly expected to be fully withdrawn from Afghanistan by mid-July, several months ahead of the originally planned Sep. 11 goal.
Military officials told The New York Times that they intend for U.S. troops, along with NATO allies, to be out of Afghanistan by July, despite unresolved issues regarding how threats in the region will be handled from afar.
“Withdrawing forces is actually a really delicate kind of operation that has risks associated with it,” former Under Secretary of Defense Michèle Flournoy told the Times.
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WNU Editor: The US pullout from Afghanistan is now 16% complete .... US pullout from Afghanistan at least 16% complete: Pentagon (AFP).
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