The US plans to wind down its war in Afghanistan a year or more earlier than scheduled by ending its combat role in the second half of 2013.
Defence secretary Leon Panetta said no decision has been made on how quickly to draw down American and other Nato forces, but that the shift away from fighting is being brought forward. At the same time, Nato is considering reducing the planned size of the Afghan army because of the cost involved.
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There ya go.
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About time to leave,now that our damn "friends" in the Afghan army are using NATO soldiers for target practice....
I'm sure that talks with the Taliban are all about a "decent interval" before they take back over so it doesn't look like we lost too badly.
It's all about delaying until Obama is re-elected. Obama doesn't want to be accused of being "weak on defense" while he's running for re-election.
In other words, we're still in Afghanistan because Obama thinks that proves he has a backbone.
- Badtux the Cynical Penguin
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