Chief of Staff of the US Army Mark Milley said it was in the national security interest of the United States to maintain troops in Afghanistan. “It’s very, very difficult to eliminate any insurgency if that insurgency has safe haven in another country. That very much involves Pakistan,” Milley said. Milley said it was in the national security interest of the United States to maintain troops in Afghanistan. One of the American objectives since 2001 has been that Afghanistan no longer was a platform for terrorists to conduct strikes on the continental United States, or in the United States.

Source: Indian Express April 13, 2018 06:30 UTC