Mattis

National Security Council spokesperson says Trump made no determination to drawdown military presence in Afghanistan

Trump announced he will replace Defense Secretary Jim Mattis with his deputy Patrick Shanahan

Mattis resigned over policy differences with Trump

Ahead of the expected arrival of migrant caravans

US President Donald Trump has said he wants to get to the bottom of the case

Mattis's attempts to carve better relationship with Chinese military in contrast to Trump's anti-Chinese rhetoric

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis recently visited Kabul

Defense Secretary James Mattis says no decisions are made about major exercises for next year

Continues operations and infrastructure works at Yongbyon nuclear site

Mattis will also meet other top Chinese officials, including president Xi

United States overtures towards Taiwan

Mattis is confident the two sides will find some areas to work together on, including North Korea

The soldiers cut off the snake heads and fed the snake blood to each other

Criticises PML-N for the way US Defence Secretary's visit to country is being handled

"We are going to make sure we set the conditions for a diplomatic solution," he said

The growing influence of the men Trump likes to call "my generals" has reassured some allies and political opponents

Mattis warned that the end of Islamic State is far from close

The visit comes as Afghan defence minister and army chief resigned after a Taliban attack killed 140 soldiers

Saudi leaders felt Obama was reluctant to get involved in the civil war in Syria

Spokesperson says some countries led by America are determined to ignore the main source of terrorism and extremism

Mattis called the defence cost sharing arrangement with Japan a "model"