BRUSSELS (AFP) – Pentagon chief Jim Mattis told NATO allies Thursday they must finish the job in Afghanistan or risk terrorist revenge as the alliance readied a troop increase to counter a resurgent Taliban.Mattis however refused to give a firm number for how many troops US President Donald Trump would commit under a new strategy, just two years after NATO officially ended its post-9/11 combat role in Afghanistan.Recent Taliban gains have shaken confidence in Afghanistans future and talk of sending NATO troops in has stoked fears the alliance could get sucked back into an unwinnable war just when it faces …read more
Source: Dunya TV
