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| https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=00655466-3CD8-4764-B602-5809F5C1A234 | Graham on Reports of Future Troop Reductions in Afghanistan | 2018-12-20 | 2018 | 2018-12 | Republican | House | SC | Lindsey Graham | G000359 | www.lgraham.senate.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement on news President Trump may order a withdrawal of 3,000 American troops from Afghanistan. I have just returned from Afghanistan and can say without hesitation ISIS-K remains a direct threat to our homeland and they would dramatically benefit from a reduced American troop presence. Our Afghan partners are incapable of subduing the threat posed by ISIS-K alone. In addition, our intelligence capability and military might cannot be replaced by any other regional ally when it comes to subduing ISIS-K in Afghanistan or Pakistan. Like in Syria, troop withdrawal should be based on conditions on the ground. The conditions in Afghanistan at the present moment make American troop withdrawals a high risk strategy. If we continue on our present course we are setting in motion the loss of all our gains and paving the way toward a second 9/11. ###### BACKGROUND: https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-is-considering-substantial-afghan-troop-drawdown-11545341452?mod=hp_lead_pos1 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-plans-significant-drawdown-of-us-troops-in-afghanistan-senior-official-says | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |