An official says the US president has not directed the Department of Defense to begin the process of withdrawing US personnel from Afghanistan.— AFP/File
Bloomberg: Trump Hasn't Ordered Afghan Troop Withdrawal, White House Says
* Official last week said 7,000 U.S. troops were coming home
* Latest Pentagon report describes conflict as at ‘an impasse’
Donald Trump hasn’t ordered the Pentagon to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, a White House spokesman said, contradicting reports last week that he’s directed the military to pull 7,000 soldiers out of a conflict he’s long criticized.
“The president has not made a determination to drawdown U.S. military presence in Afghanistan and he has not directed the Department of Defense to begin the process of withdrawing U.S. personnel from Afghanistan,” Garrett Marquis, a spokesman for the National Security Council, said in an emailed statement on Friday.
The statement came more than a week after a U.S. defense official, who asked not to be identified discussing the troop plans, said the Pentagon will withdraw 7,000 of about 14,000 troops in Afghanistan. That decision was widely reported in media outlets, including by Bloomberg News.
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WNU Editor: When the story broke out last week, the media was saying that multiple sources were reporting that this withdrawal was going to take place. Today .... we are now learning that only one source gave this information (not multiple). This is another example on why everyone must always be skeptical on what the media is reporting.
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