Lt. Col. Shawn Daniel warned soldiers in eastern Afghanistan that the battle against insurgents would intensify before they left. Kuni Takahashi for The New York Times
War May Be Ending, But Fight Isn’t Over For Soldiers In Remote Afghanistan -- New York Times
COMBAT OUTPOST RAHMAN KHEL, Afghanistan — Lt. Col. Shawn Daniel, standing in the middle of this dusty little outpost beneath the Afghan mountains, reassured the 70 soldiers gathered close around him that they would be going home soon.
In 2014, “we are getting out of this,” he told the circle of expectant, upturned faces he had beckoned near.
The United States is withdrawing all of its combat troops by 2014, but the soldiers at this base are scheduled to leave before the end of the year.
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My Comment: Even though the war for U.S. troops in Afghanistan is ending .... it is still dangerous. As a result I suspect that for every soldier their number one priority is to survive the mission and go back home .... and to definitely not be the last U.S. casualty in Afghanistan.
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