Paths Forward Diverge in Afghanistan as US Prepares Withdraw

[NewsReporter]

VOA - World News

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says the United States will soon begin a partial withdrawal of troops from about 13,000 down to 8,600 in Afghanistan. But just days after the United States and the Taliban signed a peace deal, VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb reports that the two sides already are offering contradictory accounts of the way forward in the war-torn nation.