More U.S. Troops to Afghanistan? Defense Secretary Mattis in Afghanistan Monday to Discuss War Needs
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived unannounced in Afghanistan on Monday to assess America's longest war as the Trump administration weighs sending more troops.
Kabul was the final stop on a six-nation, weeklong tour Mattis said was intended to bolster relations with allies and partners and to get an update on the stalemated conflict in Afghanistan. He is the first member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet to visit Afghanistan.
Mattis has declined to disclose details of damage done by that bombing, which former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has called an "atrocity."
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