'Deep concern' as Afghanistan deteriorates, Taliban surges amid US troop withdrawal: Pentagon
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Pentagon officials are watching the Taliban’s sweeping advances in Afghanistan "with deep concern" amid the pullout of U.S. forces from the region, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Sunday.
"We're certainly watching with deep concern, Chris, the deteriorating security situation and the violence which is of course way too high, and the advances and the momentum that the Taliban seems to have right now," he said. Fox News contributor Judith Miller weighs in on the president's foreign policy decision on 'Fox News Live' Kirby said that officials are monitoring the Taliban's movements in the country and were working with the Afghan military "to encourage them to use the capacity and the capability that we know they have, and we know that they know how to defend their country."More Related News
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