US Military Official: Afghan Security Forces' Deaths Unsustainable

The Pentagon's pick to be the next commander of U.S. Central Command said Tuesday that the high rate of Afghan security forces losses were not sustainable even as the fight against Taliban militants was at a stalemate. "Their losses have been very high. They are fighting hard, but their losses are not going to be sustainable unless we correct this problem," Lieutenant General Kenneth McKenzie said during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. The assessment comes as...

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