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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/11/military-2011-not-end-in-afghanistan-112910/
Just in case there was any doubt about this. 2011 is a non-event. There will continue to be lots of soldiers on the ground for a long time in this conflict.
Just in case there was any doubt about this. 2011 is a non-event. There will continue to be lots of soldiers on the ground for a long time in this conflict.
NATO and Washington’s shared goal of withdrawing from Afghanistan by 2014 is just that: a nuanced conditions-based objective, and don’t call it a hard deadline, U.S. and Afghanistan officials said Monday.
In recent weeks, senior U.S. officials stepped back from 2011 as the official beginning of the final phase of the American-led Afghanistan operation. They made it clear that areas will be moved to Afghan control between next summer and 2014, raising eyebrows across the world and questions about whether Washington can keep top allies involved for four more years.
The sudden policy change led Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies to quip during a CSIS-sponsored forum that “2014 is the new 2011.”.....