A US official confirmed to CBS News on Friday (Apr. 19) that the United States has agreed to withdraw its forces from Niger following a recent coup that toppled its democratically-elected president Mohamed Bazoum. In a statement, the official, who was unnamed by the network, said that Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and Nigerian Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine “committed today to initiate conversations in Niamey to begin planning an orderly and responsible withdrawal of U.S troops from Niger.” The statement added that the two officials “affirmed the importance of the bilateral relation…