Afghanistan. This is a tweet from saturday, donald trump saying, ive had an important day at camp david with our military leaders and we have made decisions including on afghanistan. In not so long we will hear what those decisions are in a live address from the president. At the moment there are over 8000 american troops in afghanistan. A lot but way down on the 100,000 during president obamas first term. This is americas longest of the conflict. It dates back to 2001 and the 9 11 attacks, almost 2500 us troops have died since the operations began, and in financial terms, it is estimated to have crossed over 1 trillion. The impact on afghans has also been important 999 on afghans has also been important egg enormous. This is number of civilian deaths since 2001, 301000. Gary odonoghue of the bbc in washington reported on the options President Trump faces. The options are, from total withdrawal of american forces, some it of them in afghanistan, bring them all home, adding another a000
Afghanistan. This is a tweet from saturday, donald trump saying, ive had an important day at camp david with our military leaders and we have made decisions including on afghanistan. In not so long we will hear what those decisions are in a live address from the president. At the moment there are over 8000 american troops in afghanistan. A lot but way down on the 100,000 during president obamas first term. This is americas longest of the conflict. It dates back to 2001 and the 9 11 attacks, almost 2500 us troops have died since the operations began, and in financial terms, it is estimated to have crossed over 1 trillion. The impact on afghans has also been important 999 on afghans has also been important egg enormous. This is number of civilian deaths since 2001, 301000. Gary odonoghue of the bbc in washington reported on the options President Trump faces. The options are, from total withdrawal of american forces, some it of them in afghanistan, bring them all home, adding another a000
This is the cbs weekend news. Quijano good evening, im Elaine Quijano. Exactly seven months into his presidency, with his economic agenda eclipsed by political turmoil, President Trump is shifting focus to americas longest war. The president will address the nation monday night with a new strategy for the war in afghanistan. It could include sending thousands more u. S. Troops. During his president ial campaign, mr. Trump repeatedly criticized the length of the conflict. Since 2001, more than 2,400 u. S. Troops have been killed there. Another 20,000, wounded. The 16year war has cost american taxpayers more than 800 billion. Heres errol barnett. Reporter sources tell cbs news the strategy allows for deploig around 4,000 new troops and aggressively pushing pakistan for being a safe haven for terrorists. U. S. Currently has fewer than 10,000 troops in afghanistan, many of them as trainers. Afghanistan is the United States longest running war, weeks and months of a the nerch attacks. On fr
Spiked. Steven greenlee said there were no problems thanks in part to the weather. We were worried there would be a big heat wave for a hot day today. That didnt occur. So we got lucky on the weather. Reporter about the iso and pg e, prepared for the eclipse for an entire year. Reporting live in San Francisco, elissa harrington, abc 7 news. Elissa, thank you. School is back in session across much of the bay area, and the Solar Eclipse was naturally part of todays lessons. Laura anthony was in richmond where catching a glimpse was a hitormiss. Reporter it was an extra added bonus for the first day of classes, a field trip of sorts out to the playground for the first total Solar Eclipse in nearly 40 years. This is my first time seeing an eclipse. And im really excited. You dont get many moments like this. To have this many kids together, this many students coming out, excited to be back to school on the first day and to see science in action, a celestial event that comes along, what, onc
This is the cbs weekend news. Quijano good evening, im Elaine Quijano. This is our western edition. Exactly seven months into his presidency, with his economic agenda eclipsed by political turmoil, President Trump is shifting focus to americas longest war. The president will address the nation monday night with a new strategy for the war in afghanistan. It could include sending thousands more u. S. Troops. During his president ial campaign, mr. Trump repeatedly criticized the length of the conflict. Since 2001, more than 2,400 u. S. Troops have been killed there. Another 20,000, wounded. The 16year war has cost american taxpayers more than 800 billion. Heres errol barnett. Reporter sources tell cbs news the strategy allows for deploying around 4,000 new troops and aggressively pushing pakistan for being a safe haven for terrorists. Aggressively general joseph patel is visiting afghanistan and pakistan to brief them on the plans. The u. S. Currently has fewer than 10,000 troops in afgha