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US is quietly shifting troops from Iraq to Afghanistan
Anonymous contractors at a US base said the transfer began last week
US TROOPS have begun withdrawing from Iraq after declaring victory over Isis and redeploying to Afghanistan.
There was no formal Pentagon announcement of the “drawdown” of forces, but anonymous contractors at a US base said it began last week.
Iraqi government spokesman Saad al-Hadithi told the US Associated Press (AP) agency: “The battle against [Isis] has ended and so the level of the American presence will be reduced.”
