Defense Secretary James Mattis made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Monday, and planned to meet with President Ashraf Ghani and others.
He is visiting just a few days after Taliban forces killed more than 100 of Afghanistan’s soldiers. That attack led to the resignation of Afghanistan’s defense minister, according to Reuters and other reports.
A tweet from Operation Resolute Support, the NATO-led mission to train and advise Afghanistan security officials in their fight against terrorism said Mattis had arrived to “engage with strategic partners.”
#SecDef Mattis visits Resolute Support Headquarters during his tour of the Middle East and Africa to engage with strategic partners. #ForAFG pic.twitter.com/LsepCNcviT
— Resolute Support (@ResoluteSupport) April 24, 2017
