US Defence Secretary James Mattis said the revamped US strategy for Afghanistan, which he promised by mid-July, is still not finished. Mattis, speaking to reporters in an impromptu session Friday, said “it’s underway,” but would not says how soon it will be ready to present to the president. “You know me, I don’t give timelines,” he said. According to Washington Post, last week, Senator John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, expressed frustration that the promised strategy has not been provided to the Congress, and threatened to insert his own strategy into the Senate version of the National Defense Authorisation Bill. The United States has about 8,400 troops in Afghanistan and another 5,000 are from its NATO allies.
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