{"id":97382,"date":"2020-11-24T19:27:49","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T13:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/former-nato-commander-expects-biden-administration-to-keep-troops-in-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2020-11-25T07:18:30","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T01:18:30","slug":"former-nato-commander-expects-biden-administration-to-keep-troops-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/former-nato-commander-expects-biden-administration-to-keep-troops-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NATO Commander Expects Biden Administration to Keep Troops in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"
In an interview Monday with VOA, James Stavridis, retired U.S. Navy admiral and former military commander of NATO, said the U.S. and its allies should keep about 10,000 troops in Afghanistan to pressure the Taliban into a peace agreement with the Afghan government. Stavridis told Breshna Omarkhel of VOA\u2019s Afghan Service he was confident President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s administration will maintain a U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan for the foreseeable future. <\/p>\n
This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity. <\/p>\n