KABUL: An additional 1,000 US troops will remain in Afghanistan next year to meet a temporary shortfall in North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces, outgoing United States Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) during a visit to Kabul.

President Barack Obama approved the move despite an earlier plan to limit the US force to a maximum of 9,800 troops in 2015.

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