MSNBC Stephanie Ruhle Reports September 29, 2021 13:57:00
97,000 u.s. troops alongside 41,000 nato troops in afghanistan. ten years later, when ambassador calazaid signed the doha agreement, the united states had 12,600 troops with 8,000 nato and 10,500 contractors in afghanistan. this has been a ten-year multi-administration drawdown, not a 19-month retrograde or a 17-day noncombatant operation. under the doha agreement, the united states will begin to withdraw its forces contingent upon the taliban meeting certain conditions, which would lead to a political agreement between the taliban and the government of afghanistan. there were seven conditions...