Trump to hold meeting on Afghanistan in Brussels

July 06, 2018 09:02

President Donald Trump will meet the US' partner countries on Afghanistan on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Brussels next week.

The Afghan meeting with partner countries on July 12 is part of Trump's "mission to bring peace to the war-torn country," the senior administration official told reporters during a conference call ahead of the president's trip to Europe next week.

"A new strategy in Afghanistan, asking our allies and partners, of which there are 41, to extend the funding for the security forces and to have a conditions-based operation that will provide that we will stay the course in Afghanistan and help them with training and advising to bring peace and stability to that country, the official said.

"The reason that is so important, of course, is the terrorist networks that have grown in Afghanistan have been exported to many of our countries as we have seen starting with 9/11 in America, but also European terrorists attacks as well, the official added. -- PTI

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