WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Wednesday put the brakes on the US pullout from Afghanistan, saying 8,400 troops will remain in the war-ravaged country into next year to tackle the threat from a resurgent Taliban.
Obama, who was elected in 2008 on a promise to end America’s longest war, had previously vowed to slash the US troop presence from its current level of 9,800 to 5,500 by 2017.
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