This comes amid concerns of military leaders of those nations about President Barack Obama's plans to maintain in that Asian nation just a few hundred soldiers by the end of this year.
In this regard, the head of US forces in Afghanistan, General John Campbell, sent five proposals to the Pentagon and to the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Brussels, Belgium, each with its own risk assessments.
Some officials prefer to leave more troops in Afghanistan for a better control of the Taliban, but others are in favor of a smaller presence of soldiers, options that exceed the current plans of the White House.
The recommendations reflect growing concerns about the planned staff cuts by the US government and now they could lead the mission in Afghanistan to an unacceptable level, according to sources.
Some experts fear a repetition of what happened in Iraq after the withdrawal of US troops in 2011, where violence increased.
The Department of Defense still has not made a formal recommendation to the White House.
Since the beginning of the war in Afghanistan on October, 2001, more than 2,360 American soldiers were killed and 20,000 were injured.
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