WASHINGTON (AP) — Against the advice of many in his own administration, President Donald Trump is pulling US troops out of Syria. Trump has said his instinct is to quit Afghanistan as a lost cause, but more recently he’s suggested a willingness to stay in search of peace with the Taliban. However, the abruptness with which he turned the page on Syria raises questions about whether combat partners like Iraq and Afghanistan should feel confident that he will not pull the plug on them, too. The US has been at war in Afghanistan for 17 years and still has about 15,000 troops there helping government troops combat the Taliban. “The governments of Iraq and Afghanistan ought to be very, very worried,” she wrote.

Source: Egypt Independent December 20, 2018 05:37 UTC