Another spike in the frontlines wackos facing the odds on a daily basis. 5 british welcome to news asia. Glad you could join us. The u. S. Decision to rapidly reduce the number of troops in afghanistan has set off alarm bells amongst those following events in the country. Some of trumps own military leadership, including the u. S. Commander responsible for the middle east, marine general frank mackenzie, have warned against too hasty a pullout from a country that is yet to see a stabilization of levels of violence in a deal agreed with the taliban. Earlier this year, the u. S. Committed to a complete troop withdrawal by me next year. But the fear is the latest move to end americas longest running war could strengthen the hand of militant groups, including the taleban in the country. The sun could be setting on the u. S. Presence in afghanistan. American soldiers have been fighting his since 2001 to help stabilize the country off to overthrowing the taliban. A mission thats cost more th