US commander of Afghan forces says he's not received orders for troop reduction

[Borealis]

https://www.voanews.com/a/us-general-no-orders-on-troop-reduction-in-afghanistan/4712965.html

ISLAMABAD — The U.S. commander of international forces in Afghanistan said Sunday he has not received orders for a troop withdrawal from the country.

General Scott Miller’s remarks came just days after reports quoted officials in Washington as saying President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to withdraw roughly half of the
more than 14,000 American troops stationed in Afghanistan, beginning next month.

“You have seen the same rumors I have in the newspapers. But all I would assure you is first of all I have no orders, so nothing changed. We are same today as we were yesterday and
we will be the same tomorrow,” Miller noted during a visit to the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar.

“But if I do get orders I think it is important for you to know that we are still with the [Afghan] security forces. Even if I have to get a little bit smaller [in troop size] we will be okay. We
have thought about this before and we will be able to do the things that you require in terms of support,” Miller said.

President Ashraf Ghazi's unity government in Kabul officially has played down the significance of Trump’s reported order of the troop drawdown, saying Afghan forces are capable of
defending the country.

But privately, Afghan officials and generals are worried their beleaguered forces will find it extremely difficult to sustain battlefield pressure from the Taliban without American troops
and air support.

[Riller]

Mattis refused to issue the order and quit instead, and now no one is quite sure how exactly the order should be issued at all.

[Sitkero]

It is fucking ridiculous that it's actually pretty safe bet that it'll turn out like the whole 'stealing papers from Tinyhands' desk and hoping he forgets' thing like with NAFTA and the Korean trade agreement

[TheTalon]

If any country wanted to invade and occupy the USA they could do it right now

[EcksDee]

Russia already did, without losing a single soldier too lol