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No Decision Yet on US Troop Numbers for Trump's Afghanistan Surge - Pentagon

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No Decision Yet on US Troop Numbers for Trump's Afghanistan Surge - Pentagon

23:00 GMT 30.08.2017 (Updated: 11:51 GMT 06.08.2022)

© AP Photo / David GoldmanSoldiers with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment based in Hawaii, pull security as a Blackhawk helicopter lands during an assessment mission to Observation Point Mace days after insurgents attacked four outposts in the area killing some two dozen members of Afghan security forces Saturday, July 9, 2011 in Kunar province, Afghanistan

Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment based in Hawaii, pull security as a Blackhawk helicopter lands during an assessment mission to Observation Point Mace days after insurgents attacked four outposts in the area killing some two dozen members of Afghan security forces Saturday, July 9, 2011 in Kunar province, Afghanistan - Sputnik International

US Secretary of Defense James Mattis has not yet made a decision on the number of new troops that will be deployed to Afghanistan as part of President Donald Trump's new strategy, according to the Pentagon Joint Staff Director Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie.

In this photo taken on August 5, 2011, US troops from the Charlie Company, 2-87 Infantry, 3d Brigade Combat Team under Afghanistan's International Security Assistance Force patrols Kandalay village following Taliban attacks on a joint US and Afghan National Army checkpoint protecting the western area of Kandalay village. - Sputnik International

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Pentagon Confirms 11,000 US Troops in Afghanistan - Joint Staff Director

30 August 2017, 19:15 GMT

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — US Secretary of Defense James Mattis has not yet made a decision on the number of new troops that will be deployed to Afghanistan as part of President Donald Trump's new strategy, Defense Department Joint Staff Director Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie said during a press briefing.

"That decision is still ahead of us, the secretary has not yet made that decision," McKenzie told reporters on Wednesday when asked about reports that the Pentagon plans to deploy around 3,900 more troops to the country.

McKenzie said no new US soldiers have started to flow into Afghanistan since Trump announced his decision to increase the US military's presence in the country.

"No decision has been made by the secretary. No deployment orders have been issued," he said.

Trump last week revealed his plan to increase US troop numbers in the country, in an about-face from his election campaign promises.

McKenzie on Wednesday revealed that the United States currently has approximately 11,000 troops stationed in Afghanistan.