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September 14, 2020       Share:    

Source: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/09/09/centcom-boss-says-us-cutting-troops-in-iraq-to-3000-this-month/

U.S. Withdrawing Thousands of Troops from Iraq and Afghanistan

(AP-Military Times) Robert Burns and Zeke Miller - The U.S. will pull thousands of troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan by November, Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, said Wednesday. U.S. forces in Iraq will be reduced from 5,200 to 3,000 and troop levels in Afghanistan will drop from 8,600 in June to 4,500. U.S. forces have been in Afghanistan since 2001 and returned to Iraq in 2014 after the Islamic State overran large parts of the country.

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