U.S. Considering Pulling Out All U.S. Troops After 2014

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Arnold H. Cabral leads a patrol with Georgian soldiers during operation Northern Lion II in Afghanistan's Helmand province, July 3, 2013. Cabral is assigned to Georgian Liaison Team 9. The Georgian soldiers led the overall operation, conducted to deter insurgents, establish a presence and gather human intelligence in the area. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alejandro Pena

U.S. Considers Faster Pullout in Afghanistan -- New York Times

WASHINGTON — Increasingly frustrated by his dealings with President Hamid Karzai, President Obama is giving serious consideration to speeding up the withdrawal of United States forces from Afghanistan and to a “zero option” that would leave no American troops there after next year, according to American and European officials.

Mr. Obama is committed to ending America’s military involvement in Afghanistan by the end of 2014, and Obama administration officials have been negotiating with Afghan officials about leaving a small “residual force” behind. But his relationship with Mr. Karzai has been slowly unraveling, and reached a new low after an effort last month by the United States to begin peace talks with the Taliban in Qatar.

Mr. Karzai promptly repudiated the talks and ended negotiations with the United States over the long-term security deal that is needed to keep American forces in Afghanistan after 2014.

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More News On Reports That The White House May Pull Out All U.S. Soldiers After 2014

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Barack Obama considering 'zero option' for US troops in Afghanistan -- The telegraph
Obama, Exasperated With Karzai, Reported Weighing Faster, Total US Pullout From Afghanistan -- IBTimes