Donald Trump commits more US troops to Afghanistan and calls on Nato allies such as Britain to follow suit

‘Donald Trump has committed the US military to winning the war in Afghanistan – and called on Nato allies, such as Britain, to increase troop numbers “in line with our own”.
The US president said that a withdrawal of troops would leave a power vacuum that would be filled by terrorists, as has happened in Iraq.
Several administration officials said that up to 4,000 additional US troops would be deployed to the country to combat a resurgent Taliban and the growing number of Islamic State fighters in the country, although Mr Trump would not be drawn on numbers on Monday evening.
“We will ask our Nato allies and global partners to support our new strategy with additional troop and funding increases in line with out own – we are confident they will,” Mr Trump said in an address to the nation from Fort Myer, near Washington DC.’

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