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Security situation in afghanistan is still so uncertain he needs to revise his recommendations about a troop reduction. >> we have to provide our senior leadership options different than the current plan that we're going with. >> reporter: it remains to be seen how many of the troops will remain after the end of next year, but with all the groups still pressing for their advantage in afghanistan, it's very much an open question. barbara star, cnn, the pentagon. bringing us the view from kabul, afghanistan, is a reporter for the guardian newspaper. what is the status of kunduz right now, and ...

Qaeda, here it was the taliban. when afghans are about to be overrun, here the afghans were trying to retake the area. campbell said the overall security situation in afghanistan is still so uncertain, me needs to revise his recommendations about a troop reduction. >> we have to provide our senior leadership options, different than the current plan that we're going with. >> it remains to be seen how many of the 10,000 u.s. troops still in afghanistan will remain after the end of next year. but with isis, the taliban and al qaeda still pressing for their advantage in afghanistan, it's very much...

Campbell said the overall security situation in afghanistan is still so uncertain, he needs to revise his recommendations about a troop reduction. >> we have to provide our senior leadership options different than the current plan that we're going with. >> reporter: it remains to be seen how many of the 10,000 troops now in afghanistan will remain after the end of next year. but with the taliban, isis and al qaeda on the rise, it is still very much an open question. wolf? >> barbara starr at the pentagon, thank you. doctors without borders, the group that ran the hospital, says it presumes the...

Target a protected medical facility. >> reporter: standards for air strikes, at least initially, do not appear to have been met at the hospital. military rules require, u.s. troops are at risk, contrary to initial reports, u.s. troops were not fired on. when the u.s. is going after al qaeda, here it was the taliban. when afghans are about to be overrun, here, the afghans were trying to retake the area. campbell said the overall security situation in afghanistan is still so uncertain. he needs to revise his recommendations about a troop reduction. >> we have to provide senior leadership options...

Military should be. they just announced about six months ago 40,000 troop reduction. and so there is real concern out there about the right size of the united states military. so what i think trump is doing has taken that populist tone of knowing that there's a theme of real concern about the size and shape of the united states military, meaning they've raided maintenance accounts to do operations, things that do affect what's called readiness in the military, is a unit ready to deploy, and when they get there, are they combat ready? and there are some readiness questions and other things. so ...