Growing ISIS Threat May Affect Coalition Pullout, Says U.S. Commander
July 22 2015
The top U.S. and NATO military officer in Afghanistan says the growing threat of the Islamic State (ISIS) might push back the planned withdrawal of American forces from that country, reports Military.com.
Army Gen. John Campbell and Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, met on Sunday in Kabul with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to discuss the ISIS threat and the size of the coalition force in the future.
"I think we're all having an important...
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