Pentagon authorizes sending additional 1,000 troops to Afghanistan

INA – SOURCES
 
The Pentagon on Monday, authorized the deployment of 1.000 additional troops to Afghanistan, bringing the total number of troops on the ground to roughly 6.000 as the Taliban continues its advances in the capital city of Kabul.
 
Pentagon said in a statement, "We will raise the number of our forces in Kabul to three thousand by tomorrow, Tuesday,"
 
"Our forces in Kabul will respond to threats and attacks according to data and developments,” included the statement.
 
“We expect the total number of our forces in Kabul to rise to six thousand,"
 
Earlier today, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the Security Council on Monday to "use all tools at its disposal to suppress the global terrorist threat in Afghanistan" and guarantee that basic human rights will be respected.
 
"We are receiving chilling reports of severe restrictions on human rights throughout the country. I am particularly concerned by accounts of mounting human rights violations against the women and girls of Afghanistan," he told the 15-member council.
 
"We cannot and must not abandon the people of Afghanistan," he said.