The U.S. Military is withdrawing dozens of special forces soldiers from Chad over the next week in what is a second blow for U.S. foreign policy in Africa over the last week.
The New York Times reported that the U.S. is removing 75 Army Special Forces personnel from Chad’s capital N’Djamena due to a letter the U.S. received from Chad’s government that it “saw as threatening to end an important security agreement with Washington.”
The U.S. forces being withdrawn work at a base where they train with local forces and advise them on operations.
U.S. officials were reportedly “blindsided and puzzled” by the letter due to a number of factors, including the fact that it was “not sent through official diplomatic channels.”
The move comes after news broke last week that Biden was going to start withdrawing U.S. soldiers from Niger, which is on Chad’s western border.
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