U.S. troops inspect at the site of a suicide attack on the outskirts of Jalalabad, November 13, 2014. REUTERS/Parwiz
KABUL (Reuters) - The United States is preparing to increase the number of troops it keeps in Afghanistan in 2015 to fill a gap left in the NATO mission by other contributing nations, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the situation.
The final numbers are still being agreed, but there will be at least several hundred more than initially planned, one of the sources said.
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