US Army Commander General Austin Scott Miller during a press conference with US Defense Secretary Mark Esper
New York … News Time
The United States has quietly reduced the number of its 2,000 US troops from Afghanistan, a decrease of over a year. This was revealed during a press conference with US Defense Secretary Mark Esper, US Army Commander General Austin Scott Miller in Afghanistan, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper arrived in Afghanistan yesterday. During the news conference, the acting Minister of Defense and the top Defense Ministry officials were also present. He also admitted that he knew of the withdrawal of US troops.
US news agency The New York Times says Afghan officials are aware of the drop in troops, senior Afghan officials say the Afghan government has signed a shortage of US troops however, and officials refrained from discussing other matters, including other important issues. US Army Commander General Austin Scott Miller says he has withdrawn 2000 troops from Afghanistan over the course of a year now the number of US troops in Afghanistan has dropped from 14,000 to 12,000. He said 12,000 US troops in Afghanistan are engaged in training the Afghan army, as well as engaged in fighting against other militants, including al-Qaeda, ISIS.
The US general says the purpose of the stay in Afghanistan is to monitor the situation and to monitor the activities of the militants, aware of the dangers. According to a foreign news agency, nine periods of US-Taliban talks were completed by September. During the talks, the Taliban demanded that the US reduce the number of troops in Afghanistan while the United States demanded that the Taliban first make sure that Afghanistan’s land was not used for terrorism.
US Defense Minister Mark Esper, who arrived in Afghanistan on Sunday, met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and discussed key issues. On this occasion, he strongly rejected the concerns that Washington was about to withdraw from Afghanistan immediately. They said that we were with the Allies regarding the war launched in Afghanistan, we have invested billions of dollars in this letter, and the people of Afghanistan and the United States have made a lot of sacrifices.
