There are currently 63,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan. That number is set to go down to 34,000 by the beginning of 2014. Many had thought that by 2015 as many as 15,000 troops would remain to train Afghan security forces and to conduct counterterrorism operations if a Status of Forces Agreement deal is struck with the Afghan government. But yesterday's New York Times reported that the Obama administration is now seriously considering pulling all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan – a la Iraq – by the end of 2014.
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