US President Donald Trump is expected to modestly increase the number of American forces fighting the country’s longest war ever in Afghanistan.
The president was expected to announce a modest increase of several thousand troops during a prime time address from the Fort Myer military base on Monday, The Washington Post reported.
Amid concerns among military leadership in regard to battlefield setbacks in Afghanistan, the Pentagon has come up with a new strategy, which Trump is supposed to endorse.
On Saturday, the president and his advisors finalized a new plan for the war-ravaged country at Camp David.
“Important day spent at Camp David with our very talented Generals and military leaders. Many decisions made, including on Afghanistan,” Trump said on Twitter.
The commander in chief’s boost to the 8,500 US service members already in Afghanistan is coming despite Trump’s camping pledge for a “speedy withdrawal” from the war,…