Panetta in Afghanistan to meet with Karzai

December 12, 2012 22:53

President Barack Obama will decide shortly how many US troops he wants to keep in Afghanistan after the US-led coalition military mission ends in December 2014, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said today as he opened two days of consultations with top US commanders and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

Panetta offered no clues to what Obama may decide, but other officials have indicated the White House is considering plans that call for between 6,000 and 10,000 US troops to stay for several years after 2014 in order to keep Afghanistan on a path toward stability and to prevent Al Qaida and affiliated terrorist groups from re-emerging as a significant force here.

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