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Barack Obama, in shift, to keep 8,400 US troops in Afghanistan until 2017
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President Barack Obama on Wednesday shelved plans to cut the US force in Afghanistan nearly in half by year\'s end, opting to keep 8,400 troops there through the close of his presidency in January and let his successor determine the path forward.
President Barack Obama on Wednesday shelved plans to cut the US force in Afghanistan nearly in half by year's end, opting to keep 8,400 troops there through the close of his presidency in January and let his successor determine the path forward.
Acknowledging that security in Afghanistan remained precarious and Taliban forces had in some places gained ground, Obama put aside earlier plans to cut the US troop presence from its current level of about 9,800 to 5,500 by the end of 2016. But his plan still calls for a 1,400-troop reduction, and congressional Republicans criticised him for that.
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