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V. specific military lessons we have to take a hard look at. the united states military was tasked under the 2002 agreement to train, man, and equip the afghan army. the germans were required to train, arm, and equip the afghan police. as we built that army and all its components, i think that one error we may have made over time as we made them too dependent on technology, too dependent on our capabilities, didn't take in the cultural aspects as much as we should have, and mirror imaged. that's a big lesson. we have to take a hard look at it. the result is when you pull contract contractors y...

0 there's no doubt in my mind that our efforts prevented an attack on the homeland from afghanistan which was our core original mission. and everyone who served in that war should be proud. your service mattered. beginning in 2011, we steadily drew down our troop numbers, consolidated and closed bases and retrograded equipment from afghanistan. at the peak in 2011, we had 97,000 u.s. troops alongside 41,000 nato troops in afghanistan. ten years later, when the ambassador signed the doha agreement lton 29 february 2020 the united states had 12,600 troops with 8,000 nato and 10,500 contractors. ...