Washington(August 21, 2017): The United States President Donald Trump will lay out his strategy regarding war in Afghanistan in his address to the nation today.
U.S. President Donald Trump, after consulting at Camp David with his national security aides, has made a decision on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said.
“I am very comfortable that the strategic process was sufficiently rigorous and did not go in with a pre-set position,” Mattis told that traveling with him aboard a military aircraft to Jordan.
“The president has made a decision. As he said, he wants to be the one to announce it to the American people.”
U.S. officials told earlier that Trump expected to be briefed on options ranging from a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops in Afghanistan to an increase of between 3,000 and 5,000 troops.
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