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Obama Sets A Number For U.S. Troop Levels In Afghanistan

NPR | By Tom Bowman

Published May 27, 2014 at 2:17 PM MDT

President Obama intends to keep a force of 9,800 American troops after the end of 2014. The troops will remain in the country in order to train Afghan forces and support counterterrorism operations. By the end of 2016, all U.S. troops would leave Afghanistan.

Tom Bowman

Tom Bowman is a NPR National Desk reporter covering the Pentagon.

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