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2,500 American troops left in Afghanistan

US troop withdrawal from Af 30-44 per cent complete: CENTCOM

The US Central Command has said that an estimated 30 to 44 per cent of American troops have been withdrawn from Afghanistan until last month, inching closer to achieve President Joe Biden’s ambitious target of 100 per cent removal of its military from the war-torn country by September 11 this year. The US has also officially handed over six facilities to Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defence, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in an update on the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan till May 31. “US Central Command estimates that we have completed between 30-44 per cent of the entire retrograde process,” it said. PTI