Joint Chiefs chair floats longer military presence in Afghanistan

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Joint Chiefs chair floats longer military presence in Afghanistan
By Ellen Mitchell - 05/08/19 03:00 PM EDT
 

The United States will need U.S. troops to stay in Afghanistan for the foreseeable future to act as a counterterrorism force until all insurgency is removed, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday.

Gen. Joseph Dunford told lawmakers at the Capitol that the United States will “need to maintain a counterterrorism presence as long as an insurgency continues in Afghanistan.”

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The United States is in the midst of peace talks with the Taliban to negotiate an end to the nearly 18-year war.