Hillary Clinton warns that U.S. shouldn’t give up on Afghanistan entirely

As American troops begin withdrawing from Afghanistan as part of the peace deal signed in late February with the Taliban, Hillary Clinton Tuesday reiterated that the U.S. shouldn’t leave the war-weary country entirely.
The former Secretary of State said that once the conditions-based reduction of U.S.troopwithdrawal has been met, the U.S. should commit all elements of civilian power to Afghanistan.
“We cannot forget the entire country simply because the conflict has ended. We make that mistake before. Let’s make a commitment to bear all elements of civilian power: development, diplomacy, democracy to help the Afghan people to pursue the better future they deserve.”
Currently, the U.S. has about 13,000 soldiers in Afghanistan — 8,000 of whom are involved in training and advising the country’s National Security Forces, while about 5,000 others are involved in anti-terror operations.
The military had begun its “conditions-based reduction of forces to 8,600 over 135 days,” according to U.S. military’s spokesman in Afghanistan Sonny Legget.