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The US military expects President Donald Trump to order a further withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and Iraq, according to defence officials quoted by US media.
Those in Afghanistan will be cut from about 5,000 down to 2,500 by mid-January, officials said. In Iraq they will be reduced from 3,000 to 2,500.
President Trump has previously said he wants all troops home by Christmas.
He is refusing to concede the 3 November election to Joe Biden.
The withdrawal should be finished by 15 January, US media reported, just days before Mr. Biden’s inauguration as president. Ends.
