Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin was in New Delhi, India, on Saturday ahead of touring to Afghanistan.
Photograph:
Manish Swarup/Associated Press
WASHINGTON—Defense Secretary
Lloyd Austin
built an unannounced take a look at to Afghanistan Sunday ahead of a coming deadline for President Biden to draw down U.S. troops in America’s longest war.
The Pentagon reported Mr. Austin met with Afghan President
Ashraf Ghani
together with U.S. armed forces and diplomatic leaders in the nation as aspect of his take a look at, the initial by a top Biden administration official.
The trip came ahead of a May well 1 deadline negotiated by the outgoing Trump administration to withdraw the remaining two,500 troops in Afghanistan. Mr. Biden reported in an job interview past week that even if the May well deadline is tricky to fulfill, it would not be prolonged substantially for a longer period.
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