Tuesday, May 27, 2014

President Obama: U.S. To Keep 9,800 US Troops In Afghanistan After 2014. Complete Afghan Pullout By End Of 2016



US To Keep 9,800 Afghanistan Troops After 2014 -- BBC

President Barack Obama is seeking to keep 9,800 US troops in Afghanistan after the US ends its combat mission in the country at the end of this year.

The US plan would reduce its current force of 32,000 by the end of 2014, halve that next year and remove nearly all troops by the end of 2016.

The remaining US military presence would train Afghan forces and support counter-terrorism operations.

But the plan depends on the Afghans signing a joint security agreement.

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