
Army General John Campbell told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the options, which he supported, dealt with the "glide slope" and "locations" for withdrawals in the summer of 2015. The United States is currently slated to draw down to 5,500 troops by the end of the year.
The head of the panel, Republican Senator John McCain, said that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had told US lawmakers in Munich over the weekend that current US drawdown plans could endanger the Afghan nation.
About 51,000 US-led NATO troops deployed in Afghanistan were withdrawn by December 2014, as Nato ended a long and costly battle against the Taliban, who launched a fierce insurgency after being ousted from power in 2001.
The US has, however, kept a small number of US troops in Afghanistan to impart training and for selective counter-terrorism mission.
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