According to data from the Department of Defense, US Combat deaths in Afghanistan have hit its highest in four years.
The Hill:
Seventeen service members died in Afghanistan in 2019, the highest number since 2015, according to a year-end tally compiled by the Department of Defense and reported by Army Times.
Fourteen of the fallen service members were from the Army, while three were Marines.
The soldiers killed included eight Green Berets, an Army Ranger and three paratroopers.
Last year’s list of fatalities caused by hostile action surpassed the death tolls of 2018, when 13 service members died, and 2017, when 11 died.
In 2016 and 2015, the number of military fatalities resulting from hostile action was nine and 10, respectively.
Peace talks between the United States and the Taliban came to a halt in September when
President Trump canceled a planned meeting with Taliban and Afghan leaders.
The president had considered decreasing U.S. troop levels in the country to 8,600.
NBC News reported in August that Trump told advisers that he wanted to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by November 2020. He has also threatened to close the U.S. embassy in Kabul, complaining that it is too large and expensive.
Troop levels in Afghanistan have been a source of tension between Trump and Senate Republicans for months, with GOP lawmakers repeatedly warning Trump not to pull soldiers out of the region while the Taliban remains a threat.
What exactly are we doing in Afghanistan still? It seems that President Trump is trying to move troops out yet is being stalled by those who want us entangled in countries worldwide.
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