US Troops Withdrawal – Asia Times

US troops lingering in Pakistan ring alarm bells

by FM Shakil September 3, 2021September 9, 2021

PESHAWAR – Although Pakistan officially acknowledged the landing of military planes carrying hundreds of US troops from Afghanistan at Islamabad airport on August 29, it’s still not clear why many are still lingering in the country and not returning to the US or Qatar airbase. Gul Bukhari, a British-Pakistani journalist, columnist and rights activist, tweeted […]

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