AP: About 4,000 More U.S. troops to Afghanistan

[TomSea]

AP: About 4,000 More U.S. troops to Afghanistan

WASHINGTON —

The Associated Press is quoting an anonymous Trump administration official as saying the Pentagon will send almost 4,000 additional American forces to Afghanistan to assist the South Asian nation in its fight against a renascent Taliban insurgency.

That number is similar to previous reports from other Trump administration officials.

A Pentagon spokesman, however, told the Reuters news agency when asked about the AP story that “no decisions have been made” about deploying the additional troops.

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