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October 8, 2020 at 4:07 p.m. EDT168
President Trump’s promise to abruptly pull all U.S. troops from Afghanistan generated confusion Thursday, as the Pentagon indicated it had received no orders to alter plans for a conditions-based withdrawal and Afghan negotiators voiced concern that a hasty exit would intensify challenges to peace talks.
The president’s suggestion on Twitter that thousands of troops would depart within less than three months injected a new element of uncertainty into efforts by diplomats and military officials to usher nascent peace negotiations toward a potential settlement ending the nearly two-decade conflict.
“We should have the small remaining number of our BRAVE Men and Women serving in Afghanistan home by Christmas!” he wrote on Twitter on Wednesday evening.