Number of U.S. Boots on the Ground in Afghanistan

The pentagon is eager to get a handle on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan by deploying more U.S. service personnel. Apparently, U.S. President Donald Trump’s advisers have called for additional troops to be sent to the South Asian hotspot in order to prop up the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in their fight against the Taliban insurgency.
This chart shows the number of U.S. service personnel deployed in Afghanistan since 2011

The recommendation by the Department of Defense and the State Department allegedly calls for 3,000 to 5,000 additional troops, but has yet to been signed off by President Trump, according to media reports. The top commander of the U.S. forces currently in Afghanistan, General John W. Nicholson, gave similar advice to Congress in February, to avert a deepening stalemate.

This chart shows the number of U.S. service personnel deployed in Afghanistan since 2011

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