US to leave 8,400 troops in Afghanistan into 2017, 35 percent more than anticipated

Must be expecting a good crop next year.

‘The United States will leave more troops in Afghanistan at the end of the year than previously announced, President Barack Obama said.
America’s combat mission in Afghanistan “came to a responsible end” a year and a half ago, Obama said. Forces there are now focused on “two narrow missions”: training and terrorism prevention. “But even these narrow missions continue to be dangerous.”’
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