Obama kupunguza wanajeshi Afghanistan

Obama kupunguza wanajeshi 33,000 Afghanistan

Raisi wa Marekani Baraka Obama ametangaza kutoa wanajeshi wake 33,000 waliopo Afghanistan, akianza kwa kutoa 10,000 mwishoni mwa mwaka huu, na 23,000 ifikapo mwakani.

“In a speech outlining a shift in US policy, the US President said after the initial reduction, more troops will be pulled out at a steady pace as Afghans take over their own security by 2014.

America, it is time to focus on nation-building here at home,” he said.

President Obama said the US is able to remove troops because al Qaeda is under more pressure than at any time since the terror attacks on September 11, 2001, that precipitated the war.

He said the US will join initiatives aimed at reconciling the Afghan people, including the Taliban, as the Afghan government and security forces are strengthened.

“This is the beginning – but not the end – of our effort to wind down this war,” Mr Obama said, adding that huge challenges remain there.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister David Cameron has said the speed of UK troop withdrawals will be based on conditions on the ground.

The two leaders discussed the decision by telephone on Wednesday afternoon amid pressure on the Prime Minister to speed the drawdown of British forces from the combat zone.

Downing Street said Mr Cameron had “fully agreed” the President’s assessment of the Afghan situation and that they discussed the implications of the US timetable.

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