Defense Secretary Mark Esper and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made unannounced visits to Afghanistan to reassure the government that the U.S. wouldn’t abandon the country
KABUL—Weeks after President Trump threw out a deal with Taliban insurgents to pull American forces from Afghanistan, his top defense official and his main political nemesis made unannounced visits to the Afghan capital to reassure the government that the U.S. wouldn’t abandon the country.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters traveling with him that the U.S. could nearly halve the 14,500 American personnel in the country without weakening America’s ability to carry out operations alongside Afghan government forces against...
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