WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Thursday said that US troop levels will drop to 8,600 if a peace deal is reached with the Taliban and that a permanent presence will remain.
“We’re going down to 8,600 and then we make a determination from there,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News radio. “We’re always going to have a presence.”
Trump also said that if an attack on the United States originated from Afghanistan “we would come back with a force like... never before.”
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Trump: US to keep 8,600 troops in Afghanistan after deal with Taliban
Trump: US to keep 8,600 troops in Afghanistan after deal with Taliban
- Trump also said that if an attack on the United States originated from Afghanistan “we would come back with a force like... never before”
Mideast war ‘stark reminder’ of EU energy vulnerability: EU chief
PARIS: EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday that the Middle East war had exposed Europe’s “vulnerability” and dependence on fossil fuels as the conflict entered its second week.
“For fossil fuels, we are completely dependent on expensive and volatile imports. They are putting us at a structural disadvantage to other regions,” she said at the opening of a nuclear energy summit in Paris.
“The current Middle East crisis gives a stark reminder of the vulnerability it creates.”
“For fossil fuels, we are completely dependent on expensive and volatile imports. They are putting us at a structural disadvantage to other regions,” she said at the opening of a nuclear energy summit in Paris.
“The current Middle East crisis gives a stark reminder of the vulnerability it creates.”
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