'US withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan 30-44 per cent complete'

The US withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan is estimated to be completed between 30-44 percent, US Central Command said on Tuesday. In April, US President Joe Biden announced to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by September 11 this year.

Washington: The US withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan is estimated to be completed between 30-44 percent, US Central Command said on Tuesday.

US Central Command estimates that we have completed between 30-44 percent of the entire retrograde process, the US Central Command(CENTCOM) said in an update on withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan till May 31.

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In April, US President Joe Biden announced to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by September 11 this year. Since the President's decision, the Department of Defense has retrograded the equivalent of approximately 300 C-17 loads of material out of Afghanistan and has turned nearly 13,000 pieces of equipment to the Defense Logistics Agency for disposition, CENTCOM said.

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Also, the US has officially handed over six facilities to the Afghan Ministry of Defense.

PTI