U.S. draft troop pullout deal with Taliban

A draft Afghan peace deal would see the U.S. pulling out 5,400 troops and closing five bases in 135 days, in exchange for the Taliban cutting ties with Al Qaeda and providing counterterrorism guarantees


U.S. MILITARY BASES IN AFGHANISTAN

Camp Marmal, Mazar-i-Sharif 
Shindand Air Base
Camp Arena, Herat
Camp Dwyer
AFGHANISTAN
Kabul
PAKISTAN
Kandahar Airfield
Camp Shorab
Bagram Airfield
FOB* Gamberi
Jalalabad Airfield
Camp Dahlke
Camp Chapman
FOB Lightning

200km 125 miles

Taliban-controlled districts (Sep 3)


U.S. troops in Afghanistan (all figures as of July 2019)
14,000

Assigned to NATO-led mission: 8,475

Other nations contributing to NATO-led mission
8,673


Chief U.S. negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad (right) described proposed plan for partial troop withdrawal as “agreement with Taliban in principle” – deal must be approved by U.S. President Donald Trump before it can be signed


*Forward Operating Base 


Sources: ISW, Long War Journal, LA Times, Reuters, Stars and Stripes, DoD, Washington Post
Picture: Associated Press
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