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Wednesday, 13 February 2013 15:06 Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 February 2013 16:42
The US President Barack Obama on Tuesday night said that over the next year 34,000 US troops will withdraw from Afghanistan.
"Tonight, I can announce that over the next year another 34,000 American troops will come home from Afghanistan," said Obama in his State of the Union address. "This drawdown will continue. And by the end of next year, our war in Afghanistan will be over."
Meanwhile, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in a statement the troop withdrawal plan was based on a recommendation from Marine Gen. John Allen, who just ended his command of US and Isaf forces in Afghanistan.
The 34,000-troop withdrawal is the latest phase in a transition plan that the United States, Afghanistan and allies developed at recent Nato summits in Lisbon, Portugal, and Chicago.
The number of US troops has already declined from a high of about 100,000 in 2010 to 66,000 now.
This year is expected to be a critical test for Afghan security forces who are now leading 90 percent of the operations and taking the bulk of the casualties.
The insurgent attacks are expected to be more intense and aimed at Afghan security forces, Dempsey said over the weekend.
"Mullah Omar has decreed that he wants to make 2013 an intense year," said Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, referring to a statement from the Taliban leader.
Source: http://tolonews.com/en/afghanistan/9427-us-to-withdraw-34000-troops-from-afghanistan-in-a-year
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