U.S. won't pull out of Afghanistan alone - acting Pentagon chief


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  • Thursday, 14 Feb 2019

Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO, U.S. General Curtis Scaparrotti listens to U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan during a NATO defence ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium February 14, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Any potential U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan will not be done alone but with other allies, U.S. Acting Secretary of Defence Patrick Shanahan said on Thursday.

"There will be no unilateral troop reduction, it will be coordinated," he told reporters following a meeting of NATO defence ministers. "We came out of here much stronger and coordinated."

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