Tag: Afghan National Defence and Security Forces

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and NATO chief Stoltenberg in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Afghanistan Wednesday, the first member of Donald Trump’s cabinet to visit the war-torn country since he pledged to stay the course in America’s longest war. In a sign of the country’s continuing insecurity six rockets landed near Kabul international airport hours after Mattis flew in, the interior ministry said. The rockets struck near the airport’s military section. There were no reports of casualties or […]