US Defense Secretary Mark Esper arrived in Kabul Sunday on an unannounced visit, an Afghan official said.
Esper’s visit — his first to Afghanistan since being confirmed as Pentagon chief in July — comes amid deep uncertainty about the fate of America’s military mission in Afghanistan after talks between Washington and the Taliban collapsed.
According to Fawad Aman, a spokesman for the Afghan defence ministry, Esper was due to meet with “key leaders and receive an operational update”.
Source: AFP
