WASHINGTON - The US military is proceeding with President Donald Trump's order to slash troops in Afghanistan to 2,500 by mid-January, the Pentagon's top general said on Wednesday , calling the situation on the ground a"strategic stalemate."
The US went to Afghanistan in 2001, he said,"to ensure that Afghanistan never again became a platform for terrorists to strike against the United States. "We believe that now after 20 years, two decades of consistent effort there we've achieved a modicum of success." The only way that war could come to an end - in a way that is aligned with US security needs - he said, was through a negotiated settlement between Kabul and the Taleban.
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