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Last of 33,000 US surge troops leave Afghanistan

Afghan Withdrawal

Nearly two years after President Barack Obama ordered 33,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan to tamp down the escalating Taliban violence, the last of those surge troops have left the country, U.S. officials said Thursday.

 

Obama says pulling 33,000 troops out of Afghanistan

Obama says pulling 33,000 troops out of Afghanistan

President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he will withdraw 10,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by year's end and a total of 33,000 by the summer of 2012.

 

Obama has decided on Afghanistan troop cuts: White House

Obama has decided on Afghanistan troop cuts: White House

President Barack Obama has made a final decision on his plan for a drawdown of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and will announce it in a primetime address to Americans on Wednesday, the White House said on Tuesday.

 

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