After Afghanistan and Iraq, Trump is about to withdraw US forces from Somalia

US officials have said that President Donald Trump may withdraw all US forces from Somalia, as part of the troop cuts he approved in Afghanistan and Iraq.

For his part, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned of the high price of withdrawing US forces, considering that there are risks that Afghanistan will once again become a platform for international terrorists to plan and organize attacks.

Stoltenberg indicated that ISIS could rebuild the terrorist caliphate in Afghanistan, after losing it in Syria and Iraq.

This comes after Acting US Defense Secretary Christopher Miller announced on Tuesday the implementation of President Trump’s orders to relocate US forces and reduce them in Afghanistan and Iraq to 2,500, and in Iraq to 2,500 by the January 15.

On Tuesday, the Republican leader in the United States Senate, Mitch McConnell, warned against accelerating the pace of the withdrawal, and that “President Trump’s plan to accelerate the withdrawal of his country’s forces from Afghanistan and Iraq will give a image that it is a symbol of humiliation and defeat for the Americans and of victory for ISIS and Al Qaeda, “as he said.

The US media said that the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan would receive popular support of about 76%.

Before Trump fired him a week ago, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper had emphasized the need for at least 4,500 US troops to remain in Afghanistan until the Taliban on the ground demonstrate that they have slowed the pace of the attack. violence.

Peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government are taking place in accordance with a historic agreement signed by Washington with the movement, which provides for the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan in mid-2021.