Hagel makes first Afghan trip as defense chief
KABUL (Reuters) – Chuck Hagel arrived in Afghanistan on Friday for his first trip abroad as defense secretary, seeking to make his own assessment of America’s longest war as it enters its final stretch. Hagel said he would meet U. S. commanders and troops, and hold talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, whose recent orders to curtail U. S. military activity underscore an often tense relationship with the 66,000 American forces there. Hagel praised the sacrifices of American troops in Afghanistan. . . .
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