President obama and his new defense secretary Ashton Carter are reconsidering americas exit from afghanistan. Almost 14 years after america invaded afghanistan, as late at 2011 the number of u. S. Troops on the ground peeked at 100,000. The current plan could whittle that down to 5,000 troops and all troops out by the end of flex year. But secretary carter just told officials the u. S. Is now rethinking that plan. The Obama Administration prefers a larger than planned troops perhaps keeping most of the 10,000 troops on the ground through 2016. They would stay on to train and advise advise afghan troops. The new leader ashraf ghani. The u. S. Has allocated 700 million to afghanistan and related counterterrorism operations. Some 2200 american troops have died in the operation, more than 20,000 Afghan Government Security Forces have been killed and afghan civilians have top taliban launching new offenses in many parts of the country life for afghan civilians does not seem likely to return
Years after america invaded afghanistan, as late at 2011 the number of u. S. Troops on the ground peeked at 100,000. The current plan could whittle that down to 5,000 troops and all troops out by the end of flex year. But secretary carter just told officials the u. S. Is now rethinking that plan. The Obama Administration prefers a larger than planned troops perhaps keeping most of the 10,000 troops on the ground through 2016. They would stay on to train and advise advise afghan troops. The new leader ashraf ghani. The u. S. Has allocated 700 million to afghanistan and related counterterrorism operations. Some 2200 american troops have died in the operation, more than 20,000 Afghan Government Security Forces have been killed and afghan civilians have suffered as well. More than 17,000 have died in the conflict and with the taliban launching new offenses in many parts of the country life for afghan civilians does not seem likely to return to normal any time soon. Nicole johnston has the