US to withdraw 11,900 troops from Germany: Mark Esper
President Donald Trump has repeatedly complained that US allies are exploiting the country on defense spending.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly complained that US allies are exploiting the country on defense spending.
The two Ministers also exchanged views on regional developments of shared security interest.
On Friday, the Pentagon announced a total of 2,986 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, within the US military.
The peace deal is ambiguous in many ways. Certain parts of the deal have been withheld, and these are essentially the unpublished commitments of the Taliban to honour the deal. One major problem is the release of Taliban prisoners by the government, after which, negotiations between the Afghan government and Taliban are to begin. President Ghani has turned down the proposal on release of prisoners. Unfortunately, even before the ink is dry on the peace deal, the Taliban has attacked several government establishments in Afghanistan's Helmand province.
Trump withdrew the United States from the 2015 deal negotiated under his predecessor Barack Obama.
Turkey faces US sanctions over its decision to buy the Russian S-400 missile defense system, despite warnings from Washington.
Earlier in the day, Secretary of Defence Mark Esper reiterated that the offensive caused damage to bilateral relationship.
Esper's decision fuels what has been a persistent controversy between the Trump administration and Congress over immigration policies and the funding of the border wall.
The White House is still working toward persuading Congress to create a Space Force, which would become the sixth branch of the military and the first new one since the Air Force was created in 1947.
The two leaders are likely to meet in Washington DC later this year as part of the '2+2' India-US dialogue.
