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Tillerson Telephones PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

Washington (August 22, 2017): United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on early Tuesday made calls to Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and discussed matters of mutual interest, regional and international issues.

Tillerson also telephoned to his Indian and Afghan counterparts to take them in confidence ahead of Trump´s address to the nation to unveil the new strategy on Afghanistan and South Asia.
According to details, his options are said to include an increase in troop numbers in the region of 4,000. There are currently about 8,400 US troops supporting Afghanistan´s security forces in the fight, but the situation has remained as deadly as ever.

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