(CNN) President Donald Trump's former national security adviser H.R. McMaster on Sunday said the withdrawal of US troops from places like Afghanistan and Germany are "mistakes" from a long-term national security perspective and called for a sustained commitment to assisting the Afghan government and its security forces. In an interview that aired Sunday on CBS' "60 Minutes," McMaster discussed a need to avoid abandoning allies through the hasty withdrawal of US troops. And I think what we require in Afghanistan is a sustained commitment to help the Afghan government and help the Afghan security forces continue to bear the brunt of this fight." "They're consistent with, I think, this sentiment that you see really across both political parties for retrenchment or withdrawal from complex problem sets overseas," he said.

Source: CNN September 21, 2020 01:52 UTC