CNN CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield December 15, 2019 19:26:00
About 4,000 u.s. troops from afghanistan. the announcement could come as early as this week, and it would bring the number of u.s. troops down to between eight and nine thousand in country. a drawdown would also come as the trump administration restarts peace talks with the taliban. cnn's pentagon reporter ryan brown is with me now. ryan, the taliban leader said today this drawdown would be a good step. they obviously see it as a concession to them. what happens next? >> it's interesting, martin, for some time the trump administration, trump himself, has been talking about bringing the number ...