WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has authorised deploying about 3,500 troops to Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday.
With the fresh deployment, the US would have around 14,500 troops in Afghanistan. Last week, the Pentagon revised its earlier figure of 8,400 troops in Afghanistan to about 11,000.
Also last week, Mattis said he had signed paperwork for the deployment of additional troops. But he did not give a specific figure.
But a Pentagon official said on Wednesday Mattis had authorised . . .
