According to the information, in the report given to the US Congress by the administration of President Donald Trump, it is said about the large losses of servicemen. So, during 2017, losses in Afghanistan amounted to 141 people - 14 servicemen were killed, 127 were injured.
It is known that the loss indicator increased by 35 percent compared to the previous reporting period.
At the moment, the US has not yet significantly improved the security situation in Afghanistan.
Recall, as previously reported in URA-Inform, US President Donald Trump plans to increase defense spending to $ 716 billion. The American head of the White House for the first time in the history of the United States of the times of the Cold War has achieved the maximum expenditure of the budget for defense and national security of the country.