WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): The Pentagon has not been asked to prepare a full withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Monday, as the White House called ending the war a priority.
Shanahan told reporters at the Pentagon that the latest round of peace negotiations between the Taliban delegation and US Special Representatives for Afghan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad was encouraging.
The Pentagon had not been asked to prepare for a full withdrawal from Afghanistan, he said, while . . .
