‘We’re Just Not There Yet’: Pentagon Confirms Trump Afghanistan Strategy on Hold

Posted on August 30, 2017

U.S. Army soldiers move through Qayara West Coalition base in Qayara, some 50 kilometers south of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. Kurdish peshmerga forces continued their push on the town of Bashiqa, some 13 kilometers (8 miles) northeast of Mosul. The town is believed to be largely deserted except for dozens of IS fighters. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
A Department of Defense spokesman revealed Monday that the Pentagon cannot employ U.S. President Donald Trump’s strategy for the war in Afghanistan because critical military decisions have not yet been made.

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