U.S. Army Sgt. Carl Goss secures an area near a bridge construction site in Zabul province, Afghanistan, March 13, 2011. Goss, assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, 181st Infantry Regiment, also is a member of the Massachusetts Army National Guard. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Adrian CadizFPI Fact Sheet: Success in Afghanistan is Critical to Prevailing in the War on Terror -- Foreign Policy Initiative
The United States made important progress in the War on Terror on May 1, 2011, when U.S. intelligence professionals and Special Forces succeeded in hunting down and killing al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. In the aftermath of bin Laden’s death, however, a debate ensued over the need to continue America’s efforts in Afghanistan. Then, on June 22, 2011, President Obama announced his decision to withdraw by September 2012 the “surge” of 33,000 U.S. troops that he had announced in his December 2009 speech at West Point.
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