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Pentagon Chief in Afghanistan on unannounced visit
He is expected to meet with the Afghan leaders including President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and U.S. commanders based in Afghanistan.
Carter was in Baghdad the capital of Iraq before his visit to Kabul to discuss anti-ISIS fight with Iraqi officials.
The Kabul visit comes shortly after U.S. President Barack Obama announced that his country would keep 8,400 troops in Afghanistan in 2017 instead of reducing their numbers to 5,500 as he had previously planned.
In Warsaw SummitWashington has pledged $3.5 billion annually to fund Afghan forces, other NATO allies contributing $1 billion, and Afghan government contributing some $500 million to maintain Afghanistan’s 352,000-member army and police forces.