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Obama: No American Soldier To Leave Afghanistan This Year

Av loren adams - 26 mars 2015 11:08

The U.S President Barack Obama has assured that no American soldier would leave Afghanistan until the end of 2015, believing Afghanistan is still a dangerous country.  

In a joint press conference with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday at White House, Obama stressed the need for continued support of Afghan forces, but warned that the insurgents would continue their attacks on civilians.

"President Ghani has requested some flexibility on our draw down timelines. I've consulted with General Campbell in Afghanistan and my national security team and I've decided we will maintain our current posture of 9800 troops through the end of this year," Obama told the reporters after holding a meeting with Ghani on Tuesday afternoon.

Praising the capability of Afghan forces, Obama stated that the Afghan forces were better equipped than the Taliban and Haqqani network.

He also noted that since the U.S had been engaged in drawdown, the casualties of American soldiers had also decreased.

"Casualties have come down precipitously as we've engaged in the draw down," Obama said. "It's been over 90 days since two Americans were killed in Afghanistan. That has occurred precisely because we are not in a combat role."

Praising the U.S sacrifices for Afghanistan, Ghani welcomed his American counterpart's decision of keeping their soldiers in the country.

"The flexibility that has been provided for 2015 will be used to accelerate reforms to ensure that the Afghan security forces are much better led, equipped, trained and are focused on their fundamental mission," Ghani said. "I am pleased to say that the departure of 120,000 international troops has not brought about the security gap or the collapse that was often anticipated."

Ghani expressed that the new U.S mission of training, advising and assisting afghan forces was "a vital part of their collective interest and collective endeavors."

The US-Afghan relations, which were strained during former President Hamid Karzai's presidency, are now said to have been improved following the first visit of Ghani and CEO Abdullah Abdullah to the United States since the formation of National Unity Government (NUG).

Earlier in a meeting with U.S State Secretary John Kerry and Defense Secretary Ashton Carter at Camp David, the Afghan leaders were promised funding of all 352,000 Afghan forces, and another aid of $800 million to unity government's reform agenda.

 

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