directing united states military to withdraw all forces from afghanistan no later than 15 january 2021. after further discussions regarding the risks associated with such a withdrawal, the order was rescinded. on 17 november, we received a new order to reduce levels of 2,500 plus enabling forces no later than 15 january. when president biden was inaugurated, there were approximately 3,500 u.s. troops, 5,400 nato troops and 6,300 contractors in afghanistan with the specified task of train, allege advise and assist, along with a small contingent of counterterrorism forces. the biden administration through the national security council process conducted a rigorous review of the situation in afghanistan in february, march, and april.
0 there s no doubt in my mind that our efforts prevented an attack on the homeland from afghanistan which was our core original mission. and everyone who served in that war should be proud. your service mattered. beginning in 2011, we steadily drew down our troop numbers, consolidated and closed bases and retrograded equipment from afghanistan. at the peak in 2011, we had 97,000 u.s. troops alongside 41,000 nato troops in afghanistan. ten years later, when the ambassador signed the doha agreement lton 29 february 2020 the united states had 12,600 troops with 8,000 nato and 10,500 contractors. this has been a ten-year multi-administration drawdown, not a 19-month or 19-day one. under the doha agreement, the u.s. would begin to withdraw forces contingent upon taliban meeting certain conditions, which would lead to a political agreement between the taliban and the government of afghanistan. there were seven conditions applicable to the taliban and eight conditions applicable to the united
0 there s no doubt in my mind that our efforts prevented an attack on the homeland from afghanistan, which was our core original mission. and everyone who has served in that war has been proud. your service mattered. beginning in 2011, we steadily drew down our troop numbers, consolidated and closed bases and retrograded equipment from afghanistan. at the peak in 2011, we had 97,000 u.s. troops alongside 41,000 nato troops in afghanistan. ten years later, when ambassador calisade signed the agreement on 29, february, 2020, the united states had 12,600 u.s. troops with 8,000 nato and 10,500 contractors. this has been a ten-year multi-administration drawdown. not a 19-month or 19-day ne-yo. under the doha agreement, the u.s. would begin to withdraw its forces, contingent upon the taliban meeting certain conditions, which would lead to a political agreement between the taliban and the government of afghanistan. there were seven conditions applicable to the taliban and eight conditions app
obvious that the white house has no answers for us. as they rush to clear out the third world camp, they created in del rio, texas. here is how circle back psaki broke down the numbers today. 1401 haitian nationals have been returned to haiti. 3206 haitian nationals have been moved from the del rio camp to cbp custody or other sectors of the united states border to either be expelt title 42 if possible or placed into removal proceedings; therefore, they there remain less than 5,000 migrants in the dell rio sector. pete: sounds very official. now, i m no mathematician but those numbers don t add up at all. 15,000 were there minus 1400 returned to haiti, minus 3200 in so-called removal proceedings. we will get to that. and 5,000 still in bidenville. that leaves rule roughly 5400.
5,400 that s not a rounding error. where are those 5400 illegals that used to be in government custody or even if it s 4,000 or 3,000? fox news correspondent peter doocy tried to find out earlier today. there are 15,000 migrants under the del rio bridge saturday. if you add up the ones that you say were expelled or released it s less than 5,000. then there is 5,000 that are still left. where s everybody else? when you talk about how some of these people are being placed in removal proceedings. that does not mean removed, correct? that means they are in the process of going through a removal proceeding so that we can it can go through the process the, our immigration process that s long been in place. pete: well done, peter. that wasn t much of an answer was it there, jen? as it appears no one in removal proceedings is actually being removed. if individuals cannot be expelled under title 42, they are placed in removal