Top US Commander arrives in Kabul
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KABUL - *Joe Dunford, the US chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Afghanistan late Monday to assess the campaign plan now that all personnel are in place and the South Asia strategy is in full swing.*
"I want to talk to the actual advisors who are working on the ground with the Afghans every day and make some conclusions about where we are," Dunford told reporters traveling with him, according to the Pentagon.
Dunford is traveling with a larger than normal party, including senior officials on the Joint Staff who specialize in intelligence, strategy and logistics.
Army Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, the chairman's senior enlisted advisor, is also in the party. These officials will travel throughout Afghanistan to gather assessments for the chairman on how the effort is going, ultimately enabling Dunford to get a full picture of the various challenges ahead.
The general will meet with senior Afghan and US officials to get a top-down look at the situation, but he really wants to meet with soldiers of the 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade, which deployed to Afghanistan in February and is now close to full strength.