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Mattis declines to discuss Afghan war timeframe

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BRUSSELS (Pajhwok): US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who met his NATO.

“I don't put timelines on wars, it’s that simple," Mattis told reporters, saying war was a fundamentally unpredictabe phenomenon.

“Every effort to create a pat answer to something like that is probably going to fail."

Mattis was in Brussels to discuss NATO commitments for the fight in Afghanistan as part of the next phase of the war.

On Thursday, Mattis was asked to respond to Director of National Intelligence Dan . . .

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