US to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by 2016
May 27, 2014  21:49

US President Barack Obama plans to remove all American combat troops in Afghanistan by the end of 2016, a senior administration official said on Tuesday, drawing to an end more than a decade of American military engagement in the country following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. According to the plan, Obama said that 9,800 troops will remain in Afghanistan through the end of 2014, and reduce that number by roughly half in 2015.   

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