US to send reinforcements to protect troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
(VOVWORLD) - The US will temporarily deploy extra troops to Afghanistan to protect international forces as they withdraw, commander of the US military in the Middle East, General Kenneth McKenzie said on Thursday.
 US troops in a training camp in Herat, Afghanistan (Photo: Getty Images) |
At a US Senate hearing, McKenzie repeated US military concerns that the withdrawal could allow the Taliban to advance, after President Joe Biden last week announced all American forces would pull out before this year's 20th anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks.
He said the Taliban have grown since 2011, estimating they have 50,000 fighters, and that they control more Afghan territory than 10 years ago.