[DAWN] US President Donald Trump...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
tweeted early Saturday that "many decisions" had been made in a meeting with his top military advisers, including on the 16-year-old war in Afghanistan.
The Trump administration, wary of international involvements but eager for progress in the grueling Afghan war, has been weighing a range of options. It had originally promised a new plan by mid-July.
On Saturday, Trump tweeted about the meeting a day earlier at the presidential retreat in Maryland, saying: "Important day spent at Camp David with our very talented Generals and military leaders. Many decisions made, including on Afghanistan." It was unclear how far-ranging those decisions might be, or when they would be announced.
But Trump is said to be dissatisfied by initial proposals to add a few thousand more troops in the country, and advisers were studying an expanded strategy for the broader South Asian region, including Pakistain.
There are now about 8,400 US and 5,000 NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
troops supporting Afghanistan's security forces in the fight against Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
and other bad boys. But the situation has remained as deadly as ever, with more than 2,500 Afghan police and troops killed from January 1 to May 8.