McMaster was in Kabul on Sunday for what is the first visit by a Trump administration official to Afghanistan, officials here said, coming just days after U.S. forces dropped a 22,000-pound bomb during combat and revived debate over the war. While here, McMaster, who served in Afghanistan for two years, is expected to meet with Nicholson and other NATO commanders overseeing the mission to advise Afghan security forces. “I have always said that it is better to equip Afghan forces. In Afghanistan, McMaster has said that the U.S. reliance on militias ended up undermining the very government the United States was supporting. He has “great knowledge of Afghanistan’s problems, including corruption and war.”“If we only decide to support Afghan troops, it won’t work,” he said.

Source: Washington Post April 16, 2017 12:11 UTC