The United States intends to reduce the number of its troops in Afghanistan to 2,500, said Robert O'Brien, the US president's national security adviser.
“When [US President Donald] Trump took office, more than 10,000 US troops were in Afghanistan. Today, less than 5 thousand military personnel remain there, and this number will be reduced to 2.5 thousand by the beginning of next year, ” the adviser said.
At the end of February this year, the United States and the radical Afghan Taliban movement signed a peace agreement for the first time in more than 18 years of war. According to the agreements, American troops are to leave Afghanistan 14 months after the deal is concluded.
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