U.S. Troop Withdrawal in Memo says: ‘It’s Time to Come Home from Kabul’

The Donald Trump administration is in defiance of the election results and the President is pushing for a foreign policy update.

In a memo published in U.S. papers, the acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller on Saturday hinted of a coming U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The memo was sent to the entire Defense Department:

The two-page memo says there is continuing transformation of the department.

Miller took the place of Mark Esper, who was fired for resisting Trump on a number of issues.

He says the U.S. must continue to defeat al Qaida, the terrorist organization responsible for the September 11, 2001, attacks.

But he also says the U.S. cannot be in perpetual wars which need to be ended and troops must be brought back.

Thus is appears he is not in favour of U.S. troop presence on some foreign soils.

Taliban leaders signed a deal with coalition forces in February 2020 in which they made the commitment to halt attacks on coalition forces.

They also pledged not to attack Afghan civilians and to cut all ties with terrorist groups.

In return, the US and NATO promised to remove the last of their troops by May 2021.

Since then the Taliban did not attack any U.S. forces on the ground.