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The Hill | Afghanistan withdrawal could save billions and be a bipartisan win
On October 21, news broke that the Pentagon had been quietly drawing down its troop presence in Afghanistan.
Eighteen years after the conflict began, and shortly after peace negotiations had fallen apart in September, Pentagon officials anonymously confirmed that total troop levels could sink as low as 8,600. That’s about what the goal of the now-failed peace negotiations had been. But instead of a formal withdrawal, troops are being cycled out and not replaced as tours end.
Enthusiasm for the conflict in Afghanistan has decreased among the public and among at least some factions in the Trump administration. It’s not hard to see why. |
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