The White House announced that President Donald Trump would address the nation’s troops and the American people Monday night to update the path forward in Afghanistan and South Asia. The Pentagon was awaiting a final announcement by Trump on a proposal to send nearly 4,000 more US troops to Afghanistan. US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he is satisfied with how the administration formulated its new Afghanistan war strategy. He said he’d be able expand training locations and insure they have advisers at all the right levels, including on the new Afghan special operations corps staff. Afghan military commanders have been clear that they want and expect continued US military help.

Source: Egypt Independent August 20, 2017 19:52 UTC