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03 September 201917.56 The US will withdraw 5,400 soldiers from Afghanistan within 135 days of signing an agreement with the Taliban, as the first phase of what should be a gradual withdrawal of all 14,000 soldiers present. This was stated by US special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad, referring to a local channel in that country that the United States has reached an agreement "in principle" with the insurgents but warning that "it will not be definitive until it is approved by President Trump ".