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Mattis makes unannounced visit to Afghanistan: AFP
KABUL, Sept 7, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis landed in
Kabul on Friday for an unannounced visit to war-torn Afghanistan, where he
will meet President Ashraf Ghani and the new US commander for American and
NATO forces.
His trip comes a little more than a year after President Donald Trump
unveiled a revamped strategy for Afghanistan that saw him commit thousands of
additional US forces to the country on an open-ended basis.
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