Stars and Stripes: Dunford addresses talk of Afghanistan pullout at holiday USO show
CAMP DAHLKE WEST, Afghanistan – The mission for troops in Afghanistan continues as planned, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said amid reports of a partial pullout from the country, while speaking in front of hundreds of U.S. troops gathered at a USO celebrity holiday event Monday.
“There’s all kinds of rumors swirling around,” Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford said. “The mission you have today is the same as the mission you had yesterday.”
The Trump administration reportedly ordered the Pentagon to make plans to withdraw some 7,000 troops from the country late last week, but Army Gen. Scott Miller, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, told local media Sunday that orders of a pullout had not yet reached the leadership here.
On Christmas Eve, Dunford told the troops at this austere base about 60 miles south of Kabul that he’d ensure their leaders got word as soon as anything changes.
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WNU editor: General Dunford and US Defense Secretary Mattis' plan on how to improve the security situation in Afghanistan can now be labelled as a failure. And what is worse .... there is no Plan B from the Pentagon and commanders in the field on what needs to be done next (with the exception of sending more military forces into the country). What is also not helping the situation is making these excuses .... Dunford Says US Must Stay In Afghanistan Or Face New 9/11 (TOLO News). If there was ever a time for a new approach to this 17 year old conflict, it is now.
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