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Washington (Reuters)-the United States President Barack Obama is expected to announce in its annual State of the Union speech on Tuesday that the troops would be withdrawn from the 34,000 Afghanistan next year.
Action that has been long awaited by the public that United States will thus reduce up to half of the total number of troops from the land of Uncle Sam in Afghanistan at present, i.e. 66,000 personnel, the AFP report.
An unnamed sources by AFP says that Obama will promise to complete the process of withdrawal of the 34,000 soldiers it's annual State of the Union speech he did before 2014.
Yet there are more details on how fast troops withdrawal can be made. The opening of the withdrawal schedule can also affect the number of NATO troops for that still need to fight with the Taliban after the end of the winter.
A senior United States official said that Obama had contacted the President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron and Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel to inform decisions on the withdrawal of the troops.
The debate is also going on in the body of the Government about the number of soldiers who have to endure, to train soldiers Afghanistan and conduct operations pasukan, after the end of the NATO mission by the end of 2014.
In the past month, an official of the United States indicated that theoretically it is possible for Washington to not leave the troops. Nevertheless, some observers judge the statement was simply a tactic to negotiate with Karzai.
The AFP source which is the United States Government senior official said that Washington was still committed to the strategic cooperation with Afghanistan. He also confirmed that the talks on the bilateral security agreement are still ongoing.
Afghanistan has declared its readiness to take full responsibility for domestic security by the end of 2014. While the White House said, the strength of the armed forces of Afghanistan currently totaling 352.000 personnel.
NATO itself in the process of transition will not lead operations in the next two years, but still will provide support to the local forces.
Earlier, Obama plans to make the settlement of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as its primary legacy as President. In some occasions she proudly declared that the war for the United States was over.
"We have managed to force the Taliban out of their power base," said Obama in the last month at the White House.
"And our main goal--which is the reason why we went to war--now it's already almost achieved, i.e. making sure that Al Qaida will no longer use Afghanistan to launch attacks on the United States," said Obama. (G005/AK)
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