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'Nothing Unusual': NATO Downplays US Move To Cut Troops In Europe
NATO said Wednesday it had been informed in advance of US plans to reduce some of its troops deployed on the alliance's eastern flank, describing the move as an "adjustment" and nothing "unusual".
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Germany Completes Troop Pull-Out From Afghanistan: Defence Minister
Germany has completed its troop pull-out from Afghanistan started in May, the defence ministry announced Tuesday, as the US aims to complete its withdrawal by September 11.
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Russian Troops Leaving Ukraine Border: US Officials
U.S. defense officials said Thursday that Russia has pulled most of its forces away from the Ukraine border, a withdrawal that the U.S. has been demanding for weeks.
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Barack Obama to announce Afghanistan troop plans shortly: John Kerry
US President Barack Obama will announce in the next few weeks how many combat troops the United States will leave in Afghanistan in 2014, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday.
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France starts troop pullout from Mali
France has started withdrawing its troops from Mali after an operation to help local forces push back an offensive by Islamist rebels, an army spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Complaints on US-led Afghan troops to be checked: John Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday complaints against Afghans working for US special forces in Afghanistan would be investigated, a day after Afghan President Hamid Karzai ordered US troops to leave a critical battleground province.
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US starts using Pakistan route for Afghanistan pullout
The US has started using the land route through Pakistan to pull American military equipment out of Afghanistan as it draws down its troops in the country, US and Pakistani officials said on Monday.
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Afghans say total US pullout would trigger disaster
Afghan lawmakers said on Wednesday disaster and civil war would follow if Washington pushed ahead with a suggestion to withdraw all its troops from the country after 2014.
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Afghan president welcomes British pullout timeline
The Afghan president on Thursday welcomed the withdrawal of nearly half of the British troops from Afghanistan next year, saying his forces were ready to take on defense of the country.
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Hamid Karzai welcomes US troop withdrawals
Afghan President Hamid Karzai today welcomed as a "good step" the prospect of 10,000 American troops withdrawing from his country by the end of the year and another 23,000 by next summer.Karzai, whose relations with the West have plummeted since he was anointed leader after US-led troops invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 and brought down the Taliban...
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Obama likely to cut 10,000 troops from Afghanistan
Facing a war-weary public, President Barack Obama is expected to call for a major withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan Wednesday night, with roughly 10,000 coming home to the U.S. in less than a year.The phased drawdown is likely to start with 5,000 troops recalled this summer and an additional 5,000 by winter or spring 2012, according to...
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'Nothing Unusual': NATO Downplays US Move To Cut Troops In Europe
NATO said Wednesday it had been informed in advance of US plans to reduce some of its troops deployed on the alliance's eastern flank, describing the move as an "adjustment" and nothing "unusual".
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Germany Completes Troop Pull-Out From Afghanistan: Defence Minister
Germany has completed its troop pull-out from Afghanistan started in May, the defence ministry announced Tuesday, as the US aims to complete its withdrawal by September 11.
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Russian Troops Leaving Ukraine Border: US Officials
U.S. defense officials said Thursday that Russia has pulled most of its forces away from the Ukraine border, a withdrawal that the U.S. has been demanding for weeks.
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Barack Obama to announce Afghanistan troop plans shortly: John Kerry
US President Barack Obama will announce in the next few weeks how many combat troops the United States will leave in Afghanistan in 2014, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday.
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France starts troop pullout from Mali
France has started withdrawing its troops from Mali after an operation to help local forces push back an offensive by Islamist rebels, an army spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Complaints on US-led Afghan troops to be checked: John Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday complaints against Afghans working for US special forces in Afghanistan would be investigated, a day after Afghan President Hamid Karzai ordered US troops to leave a critical battleground province.
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US starts using Pakistan route for Afghanistan pullout
The US has started using the land route through Pakistan to pull American military equipment out of Afghanistan as it draws down its troops in the country, US and Pakistani officials said on Monday.
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Afghans say total US pullout would trigger disaster
Afghan lawmakers said on Wednesday disaster and civil war would follow if Washington pushed ahead with a suggestion to withdraw all its troops from the country after 2014.
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Afghan president welcomes British pullout timeline
The Afghan president on Thursday welcomed the withdrawal of nearly half of the British troops from Afghanistan next year, saying his forces were ready to take on defense of the country.
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Hamid Karzai welcomes US troop withdrawals
Afghan President Hamid Karzai today welcomed as a "good step" the prospect of 10,000 American troops withdrawing from his country by the end of the year and another 23,000 by next summer.Karzai, whose relations with the West have plummeted since he was anointed leader after US-led troops invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 and brought down the Taliban...
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Obama likely to cut 10,000 troops from Afghanistan
Facing a war-weary public, President Barack Obama is expected to call for a major withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan Wednesday night, with roughly 10,000 coming home to the U.S. in less than a year.The phased drawdown is likely to start with 5,000 troops recalled this summer and an additional 5,000 by winter or spring 2012, according to...
