KABUL, where militant-linked violence has recently escalated, says the US defence secretary. .
“My ambition would be to get the troop level down to a level by which we know we can contain and do the core mission,” Mark Esper was quoted as saying by the Politico.
Operations against Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State constitute the Pentagon’s core mission in Afghanistan. US troops are also helping Kabul against the Taliban.
Esper told reporters on . . .
