KANKASH: 34,000 Troops to Withdraw from Afghanistan

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Saturday, 16 February 2013 14:20 Written by TOLOnews.com

The US President Barack Obama on Tuesday night said that over the next year 34,000 US troops will withdraw from Afghanistan.

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"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."

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.

After the troop's withdrawal announcement, The US State Department has said that the United States is seeking Pakistan's support to secure Afghanistan as it prepares to pull out from the war-ravaged country by the end of next year.

Host Omid Farooq examines the issue with this episode's guests:

? Fardin Hashimi, teacher at the Kabul University
? Asadullah Sahadati, member of Parliament
? Mirdad Khan Nijrabi, member of Parliament

Source: http://www.tolonews.com/en/video/kankash/9458-kankash-34000-troops-to-withdraw-from-afghanistan

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