8400 troops to remain in Afghanistan

Posted by | July 6, 2016 17:50 | Filed under: Politics War & Peace


A plan to reduce troops to 5000 has been put on hold because of a Taliban resurgence.

A plan to reduce the troop number from 9,800 to 5,500 by year’s end will now reduce it to 8,400 instead. “The narrow missions assigned to our forces will not change,” Obama said. “They remain focused on supporting Afghan forces in going after terrorists but maintaining our forces at this specific level based on our assessment of the security conditions and the strengths of Afghan forces will allow us to continue to provide tailored support to help Afghan forces continue to improve.”

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2 responses to 8400 troops to remain in Afghanistan

  1. StoneyCurtisll July 6th, 2016 at 18:38

    Maybe it’s just me…
    But I think we have been trying to control events in Afghanistan about 15 years too long…..

    I believe there are more productive things in the world we could spend our time, money and effort on..

    • bpollen July 7th, 2016 at 04:37

      Nobody has ever been able to control Afghanistan. Not even Afghanistan.

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