Trump: Taliban deal close; U.S. troops to drop to 8,600

Friday, August 30, 2019

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said Thursday the U.S. plans to withdraw more than 5,000 American troops from Afghanistan and then will determine further drawdowns in the longest war in American history.

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