This past June, President Obama did not say that all US troops would leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014. What he did say was 10,000 troops would be removed by the end of this summer, with 23,000 additional troops leaving at the end of the summer of 2012. The last 33,000 ‘surge’ troops ordered into Afghanistan by president more than three years ago have withdrawn from the country, returning the US presence to pre-surge levels. The withdrawal, which leaves 68,000 left in Afghanistan to fight militants and help Afghan forces.The surge of American troops was designed to push back the Taliban and create create space for Nato forces
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