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Defense Secretary Gives Go-Ahead For U.S. Troops To Start Afghan Drawdown
By: David Welna | NPR
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A peace deal signed with the Taliban calls for 4,000 of the approximately 13,000 U.S. forces in Afghanistan to leave within 135 days and for all U.S. troops to be out within 14 months.