Washington: The United States can resolve the withdrawal of his troops from Afghanistan in a few days, according to US officials.
This made this week critical for President Joe Biden’s campaign to end the last American war even when US military officials warned that the country could turn into civil war.
A defense official insisted on CNN on Tuesday that the number of US troops in Afghanistan for the protection of embassy and airport security would not exceed 650 for now.
“This week can be a critical week in withdrawal and end of the retrograde process,” he said.
As many as 1,000 US troops can remain in the country after formal withdrawals to assist in securing the US Embassy in Kabul and city airports, a senior administrative official told CNN, and now it is not clear how long the organization of the North Atlantic Agreement (NATO) of the troops will remain , The official conclusion this week for US military withdrawals, or retrograde, will mark a surprising end with the process initiated by Biden in April when he ordered the military to leave on September 11.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the US withdrawal would not certainly mean the end of the NATO firm support mission in Afghanistan, despite NATO’s decision in April to start and resolve the Drawdown of his own troops in a few months.
“This is my understanding with the settlement of US troops, retrograde, withdrawal, from US forces from Afghanistan, by accepting, of course, whatever is left behind to protect our diplomatic presence, that it does not mean the end of the end of firm support,” said Kirby told reporters on Tuesday.
US officials said there were around 2,500 US troops in Afghanistan, plus hundreds of additional special forces who were not openly recognized when Biden made his decision in April to attract them.
It comes in the midst of a surge in violence because the Taliban has increased its activities since the start of the US leadership forces fell to 1.
When the Taliban had controlled several districts throughout the country, the assessment of US intelligence has suggested the country’s civilian government to fall in militant groups in a few months from Our troops withdraw.
The main general there, Austin Miller, warned Tuesday that deteriorating violence could cause civil war, CNN reported quoting news reports.
Biden acknowledged the challenges that developed on Friday during a visit from President Ashraf Ghani, noting “absurd violence” and said, “It will be very difficult,” but he did not rethink his plan to attract US troops, the Secretary of the Press of the White House Jen PSAKI Saying Tuesday according to the New York Times, US officials estimate that all withdrawals of their troops from the country will be completed in less than a week on July 4th holiday.
As a deadly clash in Afghanistan continued to increase, hundreds of civilians had raised weapons against the Taliban to support government forces in several Afghan provinces.
People in more than ten District Afghanistan raised weapons against the Taliban in just a week after the fall of dozens of districts for the group.
Meanwhile, Biden has announced a series of steps to provide assistance to South Asian countries amid troops, including contributing three million doses of Johnson and Johnson vaccines to the Afghan people through Covax facilities.
In addition, the United States International Development Agency also supports Afghan’s efforts to respond to critical shortcomings in oxygen support and medical ventilation by providing emergency and structural assistance.