US to Slow Down Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan
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US to Slow Down Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan

ByKyle W. Bell

The U.S. is slowing down its withdrawal from Afghanistan, despite long-held promises that the military would be out of the country by 2016, new Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Saturday. Carter told reporters in Kabul that the Obama administration is “rethinking” its counter-terrorism mission in Afghanistan and that the U.S. military wants to ensure…

Afghanistan War Officially Ends But 11,000 American Forces Will Remain in 2015

Afghanistan War Officially Ends But 11,000 American Forces Will Remain in 2015

ByKyle W. Bell

With little fanfare, the United States and NATO formally ended the longest war in U.S. history with a ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, leaving observers to wonder what — if anything — was achieved. Over 13 years, U.S.-led war in Afghanistan claimed the lives of about 3,500 foreign troops (at least 2,224 of them…