General: US Withdrawing From Afghanistan Makes Terror Fight Harder

Marine General Kenneth McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, speaks with U.S. troops while visiting Forward Operating Base Fenty in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Sept. 9, 2019. Phil Stewart/Reuters

The United States completely withdrawing from Afghanistan will make fighting terror more difficult, a top general said on Tuesday.

Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, told members of Congress in Washington that conducting counterterrorism requires finding targets, locating them, and eliminating them.