The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
November 10, 2017

Number of U.S. Troops in Afghanistan Could Hit 16,000 by Early 2016
-------------------------------------------------------------------

U.S. officials say the Pentagon is planning to send hundreds more U.S.
soldiers to Afghanistan in early 2018-boosting the number of U.S. troops
in the country to about 16,000 soldiers. This comes as the United
Nations says a U.S. airstrike near the northern city of Kunduz killed at
least 10 civilians last week. The U.N. findings contradict a U.S.
military investigation, which claims no civilians were killed in the
November 4 airstrike. Local officials say up to 55 civilians may have
been killed. U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan have increased dramatically
under President Trump.


.