Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dunford says US not ‘withdrawing’ from Afghanistan, despite Taliban claims
August 28, 2019 Laura Widener
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford pushed back on reports indicating that the U.S. would be soon withdrawing from Afghanistan.
“I don’t think about it as we’re going to withdraw, I think about, we are going to initiate interact and dialogue, ideally leading to peace and stability for the Afghan people,†Dunford told reporters on Wednesday during the first Pentagon briefing in a year, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Dunford’s remarks came after he was asked if U.S. forces would be leaving Afghanistan before counterterrorism forces could be in place.
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