WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis stated on Tuesday america would stand through the Afghan other people and the Kabul executive, a day after assaults killed dozens of other people together with 10 reporters.
"The murder of journalists and other innocent people is a great testimony to what it is we stand for, and more importantly what we stand against," Mattis told journalists on the Pentagon.
"We'll stand by the Afghan people, we'll stand by the Afghan government and the NATO mission will continue as we drive them to a political settlement," he added.
The Pentagon leader had earlier stated that weakened militants had been concentrated on reporters in Afghanistan as a way to undermine the electoral process ahead of an anticipated vote in October.
Monday's bloodshed saw a double suicide blast in Kabul that left 25 other people useless together with AFP's leader Afghanistan photographer Shah Marai and eight different reporters.
The Islamic State workforce, which has dramatically stepped up its assaults in Kabul in recent months, claimed the attack.
A separate shooting in japanese Khost province killed a BBC reporter.
"We anticipated and are doing our best and have been successful at blocking many of these attacks on innocent people, but unfortunately once in a while they get through," Mattis stated as he greeted Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska.
"This is simply what they do: They murder innocent people."
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has additionally condemned the "senseless and barbaric attack." He stated the work of the ones reporters who died "helped lay the foundation for Afghanistan's thriving and resilient independent media."
As the Pentagon asserts that Afghan troops and US-led NATO forces are making secure growth in the 16.5-year-old Afghanistan struggle, a US watchdog on Tuesday warned that the Taliban and different insurgent groups are gaining regulate over increasing numbers of the Afghan inhabitants and the energy of local safety forces has declined sharply.
"The murder of journalists and other innocent people is a great testimony to what it is we stand for, and more importantly what we stand against," Mattis told journalists on the Pentagon.
"We'll stand by the Afghan people, we'll stand by the Afghan government and the NATO mission will continue as we drive them to a political settlement," he added.
The Pentagon leader had earlier stated that weakened militants had been concentrated on reporters in Afghanistan as a way to undermine the electoral process ahead of an anticipated vote in October.
Monday's bloodshed saw a double suicide blast in Kabul that left 25 other people useless together with AFP's leader Afghanistan photographer Shah Marai and eight different reporters.
The Islamic State workforce, which has dramatically stepped up its assaults in Kabul in recent months, claimed the attack.
A separate shooting in japanese Khost province killed a BBC reporter.
"We anticipated and are doing our best and have been successful at blocking many of these attacks on innocent people, but unfortunately once in a while they get through," Mattis stated as he greeted Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska.
"This is simply what they do: They murder innocent people."
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has additionally condemned the "senseless and barbaric attack." He stated the work of the ones reporters who died "helped lay the foundation for Afghanistan's thriving and resilient independent media."
As the Pentagon asserts that Afghan troops and US-led NATO forces are making secure growth in the 16.5-year-old Afghanistan struggle, a US watchdog on Tuesday warned that the Taliban and different insurgent groups are gaining regulate over increasing numbers of the Afghan inhabitants and the energy of local safety forces has declined sharply.
US 'stands by' Afghans after deadly day for journalists: Mattis
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