US Considering Training Afghan Security Forces In Another Country - Joint Chiefs Of Staff

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 07th May, 2021) The United States is considering training Afghan security forces in another country after its troop withdrawal is complete later this year, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told reporters on Thursday.

"We'll also continue to look at training them in perhaps another location," Milley said during a press conference at the Defense Department.

Milley emphasized that the United States will continue to provide logistics and financial support to Afghan security forces following the US exit from Afghanistan.

The US Central Command estimates that the United States has completed between 2 percent to 6 percent of the entire withdrawal process.

Milley said the United States has pulled out about 60 C-17 plane loads of equipment from Afghanistan and marked more than 1,300 pieces of equipment that will be destroyed. Moreover, the United States has formally handed over the US base Camp Antonik in Helmand, Afghanistan, to the Afghan National Army, he added.

The withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan began last week, following the original May 1 deadline agreed upon by the United States and the Taliban. A full withdrawal from the country would mark an end to the longest war in US history.