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September 19th, 2017 
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nsnbc : Defense Secretary James Mattis says the United States is sending around 3,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, and increase of 25 percent in the number of U.A.-American forces there.
NATO troops in Afghanistan (archives)
Defense Secretary Mattis told reporters Monday at the Pentagon that the boost in U.S. troop strength would be “over 3,000,” but he declined to name a specific number. “Frankly, I haven’t signed the last of the orders right now. … Most of them are on their way or under orders now, …. and I’d prefer not to give any more information that helps the enemy,” Mattis said.
Top military brass at the Pentagon have been calling the current situation in Afghanistan a “stalemate,” and asking for more troops. The new deployment will raise the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan to over 14,000, as the 16th anniversary of war there approaches. It’s worth noting that the 14,000 U.S. troops are less than 10 percent of the about 150,000 troops the Soviet Union had deployed to the country during peak deployment in the Afghan – Soviet war.
American forces moved into Afghanistan to overthrow an administration led by the Taliban and members of the al-Qaeda network in late 2001, following the events in New York city and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. A U.S.-led invasion came after the Taliban government responded to a request by the U.S. to extradite Osama bin Laden by stressing that Afghanistan would extradite him if the U.S. presented evidence.
The recent decision to send in more troops follows the Trump administration’s recent announcement of a new policy for South Asia and Afghanistan. In August Trump said he was responding to military commanders’ requests for more troops, and establishing what he called a “conditions-based approach” to evaluating troop levels and military operations in Afghanistan.
F/AK – nsnbc 19.09.2017
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