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2021-07-14 Afghanistan
Britain to leave 100 troops beyond military mission end in Afghanistan
[KhaamaPress] UK’s secretary of defense Ben Wallace said that 100 British troops will stay in Afghanistan along with the 650 US troops to protect UK’s Kabul-based embassy.

Wallace announces the remarks only days after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
...pro-Brexit British prime minister, succeeding no-Brexit Theresa May. BoJo is noted as much for his sparkling personality and his hair as for his Conservative policies....
officially ended his military mission in Afghanistan, in a speech in the British parliament.

Prior to that, United States had said that its troops will stay in Afghanistan until the security of the Kabul international airport is handed over to the Ottoman Turkish Forces.

Ben Wallace, UK’s defense minister on his visit to the US, Pentagon, with his counterpart said that both countries were on the same track to leave Afghanistan by the end of August.

Wallace has also thanked United States forces for what they have done in Afghanistan in the past 20 years.

Ben Wallace and Llyod Austin met only hours after a milestone took place in the drawdown process of the US from Afghanistan. In Kabul RS’s longest-serving commander, General Scott Miller stepped down and devolved his role to General Frank McKenzie.

As negotiations over handing Kabul’s airport security to Ottoman Turkish is going smooth between the US and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
, the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
has been opposing the move and reiterates that Turkey as a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure....
member state should not have a military presence in Afghanistan.
Posted by trailing wife 2021-07-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ]  Top

#1 If I lost Euro 2020 like England did, I'd stay outta the home country too!
Posted by Raj 2021-07-14 00:30||   2021-07-14 00:30|| Front Page Top

#2 ^ That was cold, Raj. Really cold.
Posted by Matt 2021-07-14 12:09||   2021-07-14 12:09|| Front Page Top

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