Obama To Keep Troops In Afghanistan After 2017

[WorldNews]

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President Barack Obama has announced the US will keep 5,500 troops in Afghanistan after he leaves office in 2017. But at the White House, Mr Obama said the current force of 9,800 troops will be maintained through most of next year with the job of training Afghan security forces and going after al Qaeda. Mr Obama said he does "not support the idea of endless war" after 14 years in the country.

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