America's Withdrawal From Afghanistan Is Different From Iraq's

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In Winding Down War, A Fundamentally Different Challenge In Afghanistan Than In Iraq -- Washington Post

The narrative that the Obama administration has laid out for winding down the war in Afghanistan has a familiar feel: It is intended to evoke the gradual withdrawal from Iraq.

But the administration faces a fundamentally different challenge in Afghanistan and a host of problems that it did not have in the latter days of the Iraq war.

In Afghanistan, heavy fighting is likely to persist well into 2014, particularly in the provinces along Pakistan’s border, senior military officials said. In contrast with Iraq, the Afghan government and security forces will require billions of dollars annually in U.S. support for the foreseeable future. It seems unlikely that the insurgents’ haven in Pakistan will shrink.

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My Comment: The big difference is that in Afghanistan the fighting is still continuing .... in fact in some regions it is increasing .... while the Iraq war was winding down when U.S. forces left.