特朗普宣布从阿富汗和伊拉克撤军

11月17日，美国总统特朗普计划从阿富汗和伊拉克撤出更多美军，让数千名军人回国。不过这一举动仍未能实现他结束美国“永远战争”的承诺。

美国国防部代理部长克里斯托弗·米勒（Christopher Miller）周二在一次简报会上证实，美国在阿富汗的驻军将从目前的约4500人降至2500人，在伊拉克的驻军将从目前的3000多人减至2500人。政府还打算将目前在索马里战斗的700名军人全部撤出。

米勒说，五角大楼正在听从特朗普的命令，撤军虽然并不等于美国政策或目标的改变，但“符合我们既定的计划和战略目标”，也得到了美国人民的支持。此外，总统的这一决定是基于过去几个月与国家安全内阁的持续交流。

就在米勒的这番言论得到国家安全顾问罗伯特·奥布莱恩的回应后几分钟，多枚火箭弹击中了美国驻巴格达大使馆附近。

根据计划，撤军将在1月15日前完成——就在当选总统乔·拜登进入总统办公室前5天。据一位未经授权公开讲话的阿富汗高级官员透露：“我们还没有得到“官方通知”撤军的消息。

President Donald Trump is planning to withdraw more US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq, bringing a few thousand more service members home but still falling short of his promise to end America’s “forever wars.”

With just two months left in office, the Trump administration is rushing to wind down the decades-long fights he’s continually derided. Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller on Tuesday confirmed in a briefing multiple reports that the US will drop to 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, down from about 4,500 currently, and dwindle to 2,500 in Iraq from the current level of over 3,000. The administration also aims to pull out all 700 service members currently fighting in Somalia.

Miller said the Pentagon is following Trump’s orders and that the drawdown “is consistent with our established plans and strategic objectives, supported by the American people, and does not equate to a change in US policy or objectives. Moreover, this decision by the president is based on continuous engagement with his national security Cabinet over the past several months.” The acting Pentagon chief left the briefing room without taking questions.

Mere minutes after Miller’s comments, which were echoed by National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien, multiple rockets hit near the US Embassy in Baghdad.

The plan is for the withdrawals to happen by January 15 — just five days before President-elect Joe Biden enters the Oval Office. A senior Afghan official, not authorized to speak publicly, told me “we haven’t yet been informed officially” about a drawdown.  source

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似乎是减少一些驻军，尚未宣布全部撤离。