The Afghan Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Saturday said it has starting preparing for the deployment of extra US troops to the country.

“Training centers exist in Kabul, Jalalabad, Helmand, Mazar-e-Sharif and Kandahar and Gardez where we have training centers and they (the additional troops) will help us in our training centers,” said MoD spokesman Dawlat Waziri.

US sources on Saturday told TOLOnews that the United States Ambassador to Pakistan David Hale did not tell a Pakistani official that President Donald Trump did not blame Pakistan for the failure of the war on terror.

According to Dawn News, Pakistan’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Lt Gen. Nasseer Khan Janjua reportedly said that Hale had said President Donald Trump did not blame Pakistan for the failure of the War on Terror in Afghanistan.