{"id":76001,"date":"2024-04-24T22:24:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T22:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/04\/24\/no-final-decision-on-withdrawing-us-troops-from-niger-and-chad\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:14:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:14:01","slug":"no-final-decision-on-withdrawing-us-troops-from-niger-and-chad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/04\/24\/no-final-decision-on-withdrawing-us-troops-from-niger-and-chad\/","title":{"rendered":"No final decision on withdrawing US troops from Niger and Chad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BOSTON \u2014 There has been no final decision on whether or not all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2024\/04\/21\/the-us-military-will-begin-plans-to-withdraw-troops-from-niger\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. troops will leave Niger<\/a> and Chad, two African countries that are integral to the military\u2019s efforts to counter violent extremist organizations across the Sahel region, a top U.S. military official told The Associated Press on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Niger\u2019s ruling junta <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/niger-sahel-us-air-base-a5545b937fbd56dff2114a8b8602b95b\" target=\"_blank\">ended an agreement last month<\/a> that allows U.S. troops to operate in the West African country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government of neighboring Chad in recent days also has <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/niger-forces-withdrawal-pentagon-terrorism-b26f4703fc514d818fa3f5e9957a9fe3\" target=\"_blank\">questioned its agreement<\/a> with the U.S., Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Adm. 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We want to help them, we want to empower them, we want to do things by, with and through (them).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While U.S. officials said Saturday that the military would begin <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/united-states-niger-military-base-sahel-islamist-91fbc427c825e91956827e19f289cdcc\" target=\"_blank\">plans to withdraw troops from Niger<\/a>, they said discussions on a new military agreement were ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s still negotiations underway,\u201d Grady said. \u201cI don\u2019t believe there is a final decision on disposition of U.S. forces there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Relations have frayed between Niger and Western countries since mutinous soldiers ousted the country\u2019s democratically elected president in July. Niger\u2019s junta has since told French forces to leave and turned instead to Russia for security. 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