Mattis’ sacking tied to poor management of Afghan war

KABUL (Pajhwok): President Donald Trump says he removed defense secretary James Mattis because he did a not-so-good job in dealing with the longest war in US history.

"President (Barack) Obama fired him -- and essentially so did I. We want results," the president said in televised remarks after a cabinet meeting.

Mattis announced his resignation last month after Trump announced the pullout of all US troops from Syria and about half the American military personnel stationed in Afghanistan.

"I gave our generals all the money they wanted. They didn't do such a great job in Afghanistan," Trump said, adding the generals did not want to let Taliban and ISIS fight against each other in Afghanistan.

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