FILE PHOTO: U.S. troops patrol at an Afghan National Army (ANA) Base in Logar province, Afghanistan August 7, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration is considering a significant reduction of potentially thousands of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday, a sign that Trump’s patience with the 17-year-old war is thinning.
The drawdown, if confirmed, would slash troop levels from their current 14,000, and would follow Trump’s decision to completely withdraw all U.S. forces from Syria. The U.S. officials spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The Pentagon declined comment.
Reporting by Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali; editing by Grant McCool
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