Source: Asia Times.
By Derek Henry Flood
In his February 12 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama outlined the beginning of the end of American participation in Afghanistan’s now decades long civil war. The US would endure a phased troop withdrawal meant to halve the presence of American soldiers within a year’s time, reducing the present force of approximately 66,000 by 34,000.
The remainder are then theoretically going to make a rather hasty retreat between October 2014 and the start of 2015 with a possible residual force of several thousand soldiers staying on in a training and support capacity.
Categories: Afghanistan, Asia, Taliban
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