The US will withdraw some 2,200 soldiers out of 5,200 from Iraq by the end of September
US troops walk as a US Army C-47 Chinook helicopter flies over the city of Mosul, February 22, 2017.
General Kenneth McKenzie, head of the US Central Command, told reporters that the number of US troops in Iraq will be brought down from about 5,200 to 3,000, according to the BBC. During a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al Kadhemi in August, Trump said American troops would leave Iraq but gave no timetable.The talks between the pair came while attacks on American targets by pro-Iranian militants are on the rise and the Iraqi government faces calls to expel the roughly 5,000 US troops deployed in the country as part of anti-militant efforts.The US military withdrew from Iraq in late 2011, leaving a small mission attached to the US embassy.
In Afghanistan the US currently has 8,600 soldiers in accordance with a bilateral agreement signed in February between Washington and the Taliban.
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