Pentagon Calls 2014 Afghanistan Withdrawal ‘Aspirational’
Hamid Karzai and NATO would like Afghan forces to take over the country’s security by 2014, a goal Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell calls “aspirational,” as in “There may very well be the need for forces to remain in-country, albeit, hopefully, at smaller numbers, to assist the Afghans as they assume lead responsibility for the security of their country.” And what about the July, 2011 withdrawal deadline promised by President Obama? Morell explains: I’ve seen some of these stories that have sort of suggested that there is an inherent contradiction between July 2011 and the—and the end of 2014.
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