US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis

Mattis deserts Trump

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned Thursday, leading a chorus of protests at home and abroad after President Donald Trump ordered a complete troop pullout from Syria and a significant withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Mattis arrives in Afghanistan as rockets hit Kabul airport

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has visited Kabul to pledge support for the government of President Ashraf Ghani, with the precarious security in the Afghan capital underlined by a rocket attack on the airport hours after he touched down.

Pentagon chief Mattis visits Afghanistan after Taliban attack

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit Monday, an American defence official confirmed, hours after his Afghan counterpart resigned over a deadly Taliban attack.

December 22, 2018
December 22, 2018

Mattis deserts Trump

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned Thursday, leading a chorus of protests at home and abroad after President Donald Trump ordered a complete troop pullout from Syria and a significant withdrawal from Afghanistan.

September 27, 2017
September 27, 2017

Mattis arrives in Afghanistan as rockets hit Kabul airport

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has visited Kabul to pledge support for the government of President Ashraf Ghani, with the precarious security in the Afghan capital underlined by a rocket attack on the airport hours after he touched down.

April 24, 2017
April 24, 2017

Pentagon chief Mattis visits Afghanistan after Taliban attack

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit Monday, an American defence official confirmed, hours after his Afghan counterpart resigned over a deadly Taliban attack.

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