According to the New York Times report, the U.S. officials familiar with the plans have said the United States President Donald Trump will soon be briefed with multiple options including a complete withdrawal of troops from the country.
Other plans included leaving 5,000 or 1,500 U.S. troops in the country, another report by the Wall Street Journal read.
These officials added that they were inclining towards advising Trump against lessening the US footprint too early. The prospect of pulling US forces by November would mark a shift from the vague peace agreement between representatives of a fraction of the Taliban’s many factions and the U.S.
The U.S. previously committed to pulling out 3,400 troops by July, and all of them by May 2021, if certain conditions were met.
Addressing to media at the Rose Garden on Tuesday, U.S. President Trump spoke about another withdrawal.
“We’re there 19 years … yeah, I think that’s enough,” Trump said of the US’s longest-running war in Afghanistan. “We can always go back if we want to.”
Mr. Trump added that he did not have a specific date in mind for a potential U.S. withdrawal, and claimed he wanted it “over a period of time but as soon as reasonable.”
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