Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the commander of American and allied forces in Afghanistan, in his Kabul office. “Our presence post-2014 is necessary,” he said in an interview Sunday evening. Christoph Bangert for The New York Times
Despite Gains, Leader of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan Says Troops Must Stay -- New York Times
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan forces are now leading the fight here. They managed an air assault last week, for example, and they may be winning the respect of the Afghan people. But the bottom line for Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. is simple: Afghanistan still needs the United States and will for years to come.
The problem for General Dunford, the commander of American and allied forces here, is that most Americans no longer seem to believe that the United States needs the war in Afghanistan.
In an interview on Sunday that he had requested, General Dunford, 58, sought to counter an abundance of disheartening news recently about the war and to make a case for why American troops need to stay in Afghanistan after the NATO combat mission ends next year.
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