| French forces withdraw from Afghan district |
KABUL The French military completed an important step in its accelerated withdrawal from Afghanistan on Tuesday as it pulled out of a district outside Kabul.
Control of the district of Surobi, east of Kabul, pass-ed to Afghan forces in April but the French formally left on Tuesday after a short flag-lowering ceremony.
The pullout leaves French forces deployed only in the Afghan capital and in Kapisa, an extremely unstable province where French troops have suffered numerous deadly attacks from the Taliban. Earlier this month the French military handed control of Kapisa to local forces.
Agence France-Presse
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