 U.S. troops investigate the site of a suicide attack on a NATO base in Zhari, west of Kandahar province, January 20, 201 (Image by Unknown Owner) Details DMCA | President Barack Obama has told the Pentagon to prepare for the possibility that the United States will not leave behind any troops in Afghanistan after its troop drawdown at the end of this year, the White House said on Tuesday.
Obama said he had given the order to the Pentagon in a phone call on Tuesday to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has refused to sign a bilateral security agreement that the United States insists it must have before agreeing to leave a contingent of troops behind. |
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