KABUL – US Forces have limited military operations in Afghanistan,international media has reported.

The US and NATO Forces Commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Scott Miller, in astatement on Tuesday, rejected reports of limitations in US operations inthe country and said they we have no such orders and have made no suchchanges.

Quoting senior Pentagon officials, Newsweek reported on Monday that USpersonnel have been ordered to limit nearly all offensive combat operationsagainst the Taliban and cease advising the Afghan National Defense andSecurity Forces as the Trump administration proposes cutting US troopstrength in Afghanistan by nearly half to 6,000 as a means of finalizing“technical” details among Taliban leadership.

The withdrawal figure is subject to change, however, depending on thecourse of the ongoing conflict and the talks trying to end it, US officialssaid as quoted by Newsweek.

But, Gen. Miller said this article is “inaccurate and speculative”, citingunnamed sources who are likely as far from the subject as they are fromAfghanistan itself.