Dunford: US troop increase in Afghanistan depends on NATO contribution
By TARA COPP | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 9, 2017
JERUSALEM — The number of troops that the United States will add to the fight in Afghanistan will depend on how many additional forces NATO supplies to expand the battle against terrorists there, Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday.
President Donald Trump’s administration was close to approving an agreement that would potentially send several thousand additional U.S. forces to Afghanistan, according to reports Monday in The New York Times and The Washington Post.
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