In the US, they write about the readiness to start reducing the contingent in Afghanistan

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In the US media, it is said that, against the background of the decision taken on the withdrawal of troops from Syria, the White House is going to take the path of reducing its military presence in Afghanistan. It is noteworthy that literally on the eve - during a press conference - the Russian president drew attention to the fact that Washington often announces the withdrawal of its troops from the same Afghanistan, but the troops continue to remain there.

In the US, they write about the readiness to start reducing the contingent in Afghanistan




About readiness to begin a significant reduction in the military contingent in Afghanistan, citing sources, writes WSJ (Wall Street Journal).

It is noted that the start of the withdrawal of the main part of the US contingent is planned for January 2019.

What is the US military presence in Afghanistan at this hour? According to various estimates, the number of US troops in this country ranges from 13 to 15 thousand people. It is worth noting that after Donald Trump's arrival at the White House, the number of American soldiers in Afghanistan grew by more than a third. In the last months of Barack Obama’s presidency, this number was about 10 thousands of soldiers and officers. At the same time, in Washington, it was more and more difficult to pick up words about the main goal pursued by the United States in Afghanistan, having a significant military contingent there.

Recall that the entry of American troops into Afghanistan was carried out after the events of September 11 2001 in the States. The official reason is the fight against international terrorism. However, over the years of the US presence in Afghanistan with terrorism, not only was it not finished there, but quite the opposite - the number of various types of groups only increased. So, in the north of Afghanistan militants of ISIL were entrenched (* it is forbidden in the Russian Federation). If the Americans themselves control something, the territory around their military bases, as well as Afghan heroin streams.
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  1. +1
    21 December 2018 06: 07
    ... another Chinese promise to Merikatosovskiy way ... laughing
    1. 0
      21 December 2018 06: 40
      Quote: aszzz888
      Another Chinese promise in a Merikatos manner.

      Hardly. Most likely, the "tired optimist" is right - the Hegemon is torn, carry the next one (c)
      1. +1
        21 December 2018 07: 07
        Salvage saves. Without knowing it, Donnie 2% .tot still comers.
        1. 0
          21 December 2018 09: 07
          Afghan is used as a base for training terrorists of various kinds, as well as for the cultivation and distribution of drugs, primarily the distribution they need in Russia. That's just Russia is coping well with both problems, and therefore such a base does not justify itself - from and closing with the withdrawal of the contingent.
          1. 0
            21 December 2018 10: 31
            American soldiers around the world oversee drug production. Not an army, but a drug syndicate. It looks like military transport aircraft transport Datura to the points.
  2. +1
    21 December 2018 06: 09
    In the US, they write about the readiness to start reducing the contingent in Afghanistan
    But does the Taliban work poorly in this direction?
    1. +3
      21 December 2018 06: 34
      The troops are being withdrawn from Syria, Afghanistan ... So they will withdraw from Okinawa, completely ... And we will have to give the Kuril Islands of Japan! Here is such a pig USA planted us! request
      1. +6
        21 December 2018 06: 44
        they can deduce and will deduce, the question is where these warriors will appear. maybe they’d better sit there. and even better, they create a couple more hot spots closer to California.
        1. +2
          21 December 2018 09: 21
          To announce is not to do.
    2. +1
      21 December 2018 10: 51
      Quote: svp67
      In the US, they write about the readiness to start reducing the contingent in Afghanistan
      But does the Taliban work poorly in this direction?

      On the contrary! In view of the fact that the Taliban have begun to work too well in this direction, the Americans are more and more inclined to think about the necessity of carrying out Operation Decisive Retreat to the song of Ta-Tu, "They will not catch us."
  3. 0
    21 December 2018 06: 19
    it is necessary to withdraw with the `` benefit '' for the United States - from Syria, take the igil, nusra, and all the Kurds with you, so that the Syrians do not interfere with life, you need to take the Taliban from Afgan ...
  4. +3
    21 December 2018 06: 35
    It is correctly noted that Obama was still "withdrawing" his own people from Afghanistan, and in no way did he, Trump has also stated this not for the first time. On the other hand, it is not in vain that the Americans are whispering about something with the Taliban. Wait and see.
    1. +2
      21 December 2018 09: 20
      They have a funny game - come in and go out.
  5. +3
    21 December 2018 06: 51
    And who will protect the drug fields ?! belay wassat laughing
  6. +2
    21 December 2018 06: 51
    If from somewhere withdraw, then somewhere they will enter. And as always, not good.
  7. -4
    21 December 2018 06: 54
    Withdraw from Syria, Afghanistan, everything has already been agreed. The USA has lost, now our BV is))) Oh yes, it will bring great suffering to someone when they understand, well, there are Poles and other undeveloped, it will reach the very last,). And the Kurds are re-educating Erdogan. Valtsman is a dead man, his friends in Israel will sit with his whole family. In General, the charm of what life begins).
  8. +1
    21 December 2018 07: 11
    It's nice to watch the end of Pax Americano, now I want perestroika — a shootout, as we have in the 90s, there will be a western ...
  9. +2
    21 December 2018 07: 39
    Yes, the Americans will not leave Afghanistan, they feel good there, they crank up their dirty deeds there.
  10. +1
    21 December 2018 07: 42
    Nonsense-I-I!
    "Willingness" to a conclusion is not a conclusion. To promise is not to get married.
  11. +1
    21 December 2018 08: 09
    The next, Christmas and New Year's reports of the army after the adoption of the annual budget, the enemy is defeated, therefore the plans are "Yankee Go Home". But the holidays will pass, and yet another hidden enemy of democracy will raise its head. Considering that nothing has been done to withdraw the troops, it will be necessary to strengthen and increase the contingents of troops outside America's borders, as a result of calls for more funding for world robbery.
    1. +2
      21 December 2018 09: 19
      And then they will again be preparing for the development of a new budget.
  12. 0
    21 December 2018 08: 21
    Three unrelated news:
    1) Penguins flee from Syria.
    2) The Pentagon Commander Metis, almost knee-deep, asked everyone who could help in Afghanistan. The passage was especially epic that the same war has been going on there for 40 years, I forgot to say that 40 years ago the United States unleashed it and trained them from whom they snatched it.
    3) Metis kick fired
    laughing
    1. 0
      21 December 2018 08: 56
      4. The news of wangyu will be this: In the United States, a civil war and perestroika-skirmish began. A sea of ​​blood in the USA, 20 million dead as we have in the 90s. A sea of ​​blood, a sea of ​​blood to choke. Texas is an independent state.
  13. +2
    21 December 2018 09: 18
    In the US, they write about the readiness to start reducing the contingent in Afghanistan


    Correctly said - they write ... but they will not.
  14. -1
    21 December 2018 11: 56
    Come on Plenipotentiary of the President of Russia in the North American Federal District Donald Fredovich Trump
  15. +1
    21 December 2018 12: 27
    So, in the north of Afghanistan, ISIS fighters entrenched (* prohibited in the Russian Federation). The Americans themselves, if they control something, then the territory around their military bases, as well as the Afghan heroin flows.
    Actually, now the Americans and the NATO contingent are acting within the framework of the new military doctrine - to gradually transfer powers to the created Afghan pro-government forces while reducing the participation of foreign contingents. So far, they have succeeded, albeit with difficulty.
    1. 0
      21 December 2018 12: 45
      Quote: Mikhail Matyugin
      Actually, now the Americans and the NATO contingent are acting within the framework of the new military doctrine - to gradually transfer powers to the created Afghan pro-government forces while reducing the participation of foreign contingents. So far, they have succeeded, albeit with difficulty.

      This is the same as going into someone else's house, spoiling in all corners and leaving the scoop and broom for cleaning, to leave. We wouldn’t go at all - it would be cleaner.
      1. +1
        21 December 2018 13: 18
        Quote: Nyrobsky
        We wouldn’t come in at all - it would be cleaner.

        That is, that is, I just clarified the reasons for the reduction in the participation of NATO troops in military operations in Afghanistan.
  16. 0
    21 December 2018 17: 13
    Sadly, the Americans will not leave Afghanistan. This small piece of land at the end of the world allows them to earn money on drugs for covert operations. It allows you to control drug trafficking and owns such an instrument that can bring to naught any nation.

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