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Trump to order troop reductions in Afghanistan, Iraq

by Lolita C. Baldor
| November 16, 2020 12:03 PM

The Trump administration is expected to cut the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan almost in half to 2,500 by Jan. 15, U.S. officials said Monday. The order would stop short of outgoing President Donald Trump’s goal to have all troops withdrawn by the end of the year, which had faced opposition from military and diplomatic advisers.

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