Trump: US to keep 8,600 troops in Afghanistan after deal with Taliban

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Trump: US to keep 8,600 troops in Afghanistan after deal with Taliban

Thursday, 29 August 2019 | AFP | Washington

Trump: US to keep 8,600 troops in Afghanistan after deal with Taliban

President Donald Trump on Thursday said that US troop levels will drop to 8,600 in Afghanistan if a peace deal is reached with the Taliban and that a permanent presence will remain.

"We're going down to 8,600 and then we make a determination from there," Trump said in an interview with Fox News radio. "We're always going to have a presence." Trump also said that if an attack on the United States originated from Afghanistan "we would come back with a force like... Never before."

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