Following hurried changes at the top of the USG's Pentagon, the Trump administration is planning to reduce the number of US troops in Afghanistan to 2500, a reduction of 2000 while taking a further 500 troops out of Iraq. Back in February the Trump Administration signed a sort of surrender to the Taliban.
Meanwhile rumors leaked out of the US DOD concerning possible strikes on Iranian nuclear sites by the US have Iran threatening a crushing retaliation should the US strike. In January Iran launched unanswered retaliatory strikes against US troops in Iraq following the assassination of one of their generals en route to a diplomatic meeting at the invitation of the Iraqi government.