UK will likely follow US in cutting Afghanistan troops: Defence Secy

The Pentagon said Trump would sharply reduce the number of US forces in Afghanistan from 4,500 to 2,500 by mid-January

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Updated At : 06:48 PM Nov 19, 2020 IST

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London, November 19

Britain will likely follow the United States in reducing troop levels in Afghanistan but it will continue to work with its government and the US to protect the country’s security, Britain’s Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said.

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“I expect if they (the US) are reducing at some stage, we will come down,” he told Sky News on Thursday.

The Pentagon said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump would sharply reduce the number of US forces in Afghanistan from 4,500 to 2,500 by mid-January. Reuters

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