US President Donald Trump now wants to deduct too many US soldiers from Afghanistan. “This decision was made. There will be a significant deduction,” said a U.S. government representative on Thursday, the AFP news Agency. Currently, some 14,000 American soldiers are deployed in Afghanistan, either for the Nato training and support mission Resolute Support or for Anti-terrorist operations. According to the Wall Street Journal, more than 7000 American soldiers will be deducted.
Only on Wednesday, Trump had announced a full withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Syria. This decision was met with allies in the fight against the jihadists militia Islamic state (IS) is a lot of misunderstanding and in the USA is highly controversial.
U.S. Secretary of defense Jim Mattis resigns
On Thursday, announced the U.S. Secretary of defense Jim Mattis for his resignation. In a letter to Trump the Pentagon chief justified his step on Thursday with significant differences with the President. Politicians responded with a cross-party shocked about the announcement of the respected Ex-General who wants to stay until the end of February in the office.
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James Mattis of the US defense Minister resigns in a dispute with Trump
Trump defended his decision on Thursday on Twitter: The United States would not be “the policeman of the Middle East”. The US President made his decision for the withdrawal of many troops from Afghanistan on the same day as his decision to Syria. The decision comes at a time when the United States to reach a peace agreement with the Taliban. (AFP)
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