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Boris Johnson to hold NSC meeting on UK’s post withdrawal plan
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to chair a National Security Council meeting Monday to decide the future shape of the UK footprint in Afghanistan.
This comes amid reports that a small contingency of British special forces will remain in Afghanistan to advise the Afghan military, while a number of regular troops will also stay behind to protect the UK Embassy in Kabul.
Sky News reported that the majority of British troops have quietly withdrawn from Afghanistan, with flag-lowering ceremonies marking the final stages of a nearly 20-year campaign.
The UK’s National Security Council meeting has already twice been delayed – and could be again – but time is running out to finalise and publicize the British position, Sky News reported.
“We are getting to a crunch point,” a Whitehall source said.