SecDef Goes to Kabul Again: Lets Negotiate With Taliban, But In the Meantime the Offensives Heat Up

Defense Secretary James N. Mattis met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah yesterday at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White said in a readout today. At the meeting, the leaders discussed the South Asia strategy and United States’ commitment to Afghanistan, she said. Mattis …