President Obama’s July 2011 date to begin pulling troops out of Afghanistan appeared to be slipping yesterday after senior US officials conceded that the deadline was not to be set in stone and that American and Nato forces will remain there for at least five more years.
Barack Obama’s deadline to bring troops home from Afghanistan starts to slip
December 7, 2009Share this:
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