- President Donald Trump has reportedly decided to cut the number of troops in Afghanistan by more than 7,000 — meaning that roughly half the US troops in the war-torn country will be leaving.
- The drawdown is expected to begin in a matter of weeks.
- The president is said to have made this decision when he decided to pull all 2,000 US troops out of Syria.
President Donald Trump has ordered the immediate withdrawal of more than 7,000 US troops from Afghanistan, according to multiple reports, citing defense officials.
In what appears to be the first major step toward ending America's involvement in a war fought for nearly two decades, the president has decided to cut the US military presence in Afghanistan in half, The Wall Street Journal reported. There are currently roughly 14,000 American service members in the war-torn country.
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