US should deploy more troops to Afghanistan: American commander
The United States should deploy more troops to Afghanistan because local forces are not yet ready to take on militants, US Army General John Campbell says.
Campbell, the commander in charge of the US-led military coalition in Afghanistan, made the remarks during a hearing before a US Senate panel on Tuesday.
"I do believe that we have to provide our senior leadership options different than the current plan that we're going with," which targets a reduction of US military presence in Afghanistan, Campbell testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
About 9,800 US troops are currently deployed in Afghanistan, most of which provide training and support to Afghan troops as part of NATO’s Resolute Support Mission, which is also led by Campbell.
The US commander was testifying days after American bombers struck a Doctors without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan.
The attack killed 12 medical staff members and at least 10 patients, three of them children, and injured at least 37 people, according to the medical aid organization.
Campbell said on Monday that the attack was carried out at the request of Afghan forces.
The US military had previously said that American troops were under Taliban fire and had called in the strike. It termed the hospital as "collateral damage."
The US and its allies invaded Afghanistan on October 7, 2001 as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror. The offensive removed the Taliban from power, but after 14 years, the foreign troops have still not been able to establish security in the country.
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