NPR: U.S. troop withdrawal https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=143096416 U.S. troop withdrawal en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Thu, 22 May 2025 12:36:52 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: U.S. troop withdrawal https://www.npr.org/tags/143096416/u-s-troop-withdrawal Opinion: U.S. Faces Hard Choices To Fight Terrorism After Afghanistan Withdrawal Al-Qaida is degraded but not defeated. Analyst Colin Clarke assesses where the U.S. may be mapping out its future counterterrorism presence after withdrawing from Afghanistan. Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:32:41 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/04/15/987642253/opinion-u-s-faces-hard-choices-to-fight-terrorism-after-afghanistan-withdrawal https://www.npr.org/2021/04/15/987642253/opinion-u-s-faces-hard-choices-to-fight-terrorism-after-afghanistan-withdrawal

Al-Qaida is degraded but not defeated. Analyst Colin Clarke assesses where the U.S. may be mapping out its future counterterrorism presence after withdrawing from Afghanistan.

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]]> Colin P. Clarke Biden Administration Says It Will Withdraw U.S. Troops From Afghanistan By Sept. 11 A senior administration official said that all U.S. troops will leave Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks that prompted America's involvement in its longest war. Tue, 13 Apr 2021 13:41:50 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/04/13/986811256/biden-administration-says-it-will-withdraw-u-s-troops-from-afghanistan-by-sept-1 https://www.npr.org/2021/04/13/986811256/biden-administration-says-it-will-withdraw-u-s-troops-from-afghanistan-by-sept-1 A senior administration official said that all U.S. troops will leave Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks that prompted America's involvement in its longest war.

]]> Rachel Treisman White House Orders Thousands Of U.S. Troops Withdrawn From Afghanistan And Iraq The American troop presence will decline in Afghanistan from 4,500 to 2,500, and in Iraq from 3,000 to 2,500. Senior military leaders reportedly oppose the move. Mon, 16 Nov 2020 17:49:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2020/11/16/935513762/white-house-orders-thousands-of-u-s-troops-withdrawn-from-afghanistan-and-iraq https://www.npr.org/2020/11/16/935513762/white-house-orders-thousands-of-u-s-troops-withdrawn-from-afghanistan-and-iraq The American troop presence will decline in Afghanistan from 4,500 to 2,500, and in Iraq from 3,000 to 2,500. Senior military leaders reportedly oppose the move.

]]> Dustin Jones A Possible Plan To Pull U.S. Troops From Germany Causes A Stir In Both Countries Reports that the White House wants to pull 9,500 troops out of Germany have raised concerns among current and former officials. Russia welcomed the possible move. Fri, 12 Jun 2020 16:08:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2020/06/12/876293182/speculations-about-u-s-troops-removal-from-germany-cause-a-stir-in-military-circ https://www.npr.org/2020/06/12/876293182/speculations-about-u-s-troops-removal-from-germany-cause-a-stir-in-military-circ

Reports that the White House wants to pull 9,500 troops out of Germany have raised concerns among current and former officials. Russia welcomed the possible move.

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]]> Rob Schmitz Defense Secretary Gives Go-Ahead For U.S. Troops To Start Afghan Drawdown A peace deal signed with the Taliban calls for 4,000 of the approximately 13,000 U.S. forces in Afghanistan to leave within 135 days and for all U.S. troops to be out within 14 months. Mon, 02 Mar 2020 14:39:45 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2020/03/02/811276808/defense-secretary-gives-go-ahead-for-u-s-troops-to-start-afghan-drawdown https://www.npr.org/2020/03/02/811276808/defense-secretary-gives-go-ahead-for-u-s-troops-to-start-afghan-drawdown A peace deal signed with the Taliban calls for 4,000 of the approximately 13,000 U.S. forces in Afghanistan to leave within 135 days and for all U.S. troops to be out within 14 months.

]]> David Welna Opinion: Leaving Syria Is Far Less Risky Than Staying ISIS may not be defeated, but the U.S. is right to withdraw from Syria, argue Aaron David Miller of the Woodrow Wilson Center and Richard Sokolsky of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Sat, 19 Jan 2019 07:32:41 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2019/01/19/686489841/opinion-leaving-syria-is-far-less-risky-than-staying https://www.npr.org/2019/01/19/686489841/opinion-leaving-syria-is-far-less-risky-than-staying ISIS may not be defeated, but the U.S. is right to withdraw from Syria, argue Aaron David Miller of the Woodrow Wilson Center and Richard Sokolsky of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

]]> Aaron David Miller U.S. Troops Killed By Blast In Syria; Islamic State Claims Responsibility Four Americans are reported dead, and three more injured, in a suicide bombing in northern Syria. The attack comes shortly after President Trump announced the U.S. would withdraw troops from Syria. Wed, 16 Jan 2019 10:30:23 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2019/01/16/685809803/u-s-troops-killed-by-blast-in-syria-islamic-state-claims-responsibility https://www.npr.org/2019/01/16/685809803/u-s-troops-killed-by-blast-in-syria-islamic-state-claims-responsibility Four Americans are reported dead, and three more injured, in a suicide bombing in northern Syria. The attack comes shortly after President Trump announced the U.S. would withdraw troops from Syria.

]]> Daniella Cheslow How U.S. Troops Will Exit Afghanistan Remains Unclear Now that the Obama administration has decided to keep U.S. forces in the country longer than initially planned, the 14-year conflict will likely be handed to his successor. Sat, 17 Oct 2015 09:29:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/10/17/449333767/how-u-s-troops-will-exit-afghanistan-remains-unclear https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/10/17/449333767/how-u-s-troops-will-exit-afghanistan-remains-unclear

Now that the Obama administration has decided to keep U.S. forces in the country longer than initially planned, the 14-year conflict will likely be handed to his successor.

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]]> David Welna A Look Back: The Beginning Of The War In Iraq December marks the beginning of the end of the U.S. war in Iraq. The withdrawal has already begun as hundreds of U.S. troops leave Iraq every day. NPR is taking a look at the eight years of the war: the turning points, the costs and expectations about what comes next. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:16:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/12/03/143090345/a-look-back-the-beginning-of-the-war-in-iraq https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/12/03/143090345/a-look-back-the-beginning-of-the-war-in-iraq

December marks the beginning of the end of the U.S. war in Iraq. The withdrawal has already begun as hundreds of U.S. troops leave Iraq every day. NPR is taking a look at the eight years of the war: the turning points, the costs and expectations about what comes next.

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