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Afghanistan surge over as last of extra troops leave country From Mike Mount , CNN updated 9:42 PM EDT, Thu September 20, 2012 The last of U.S. surge troops sent to Afghanistan in 2009...
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Obama: Surge troops out of Afghanistan by 2012
Ten thousand US troops will leave Afghanistan this year and another 23000 will go home by the end of 2012. That is according to the plan outlined by US President Barack Obama, after ten years of war and billions of dollars spent on the fight with the Taliban. Some in the military are warning hard-won gains will be lost, however, the president says that the "tide of war is receding" and, in an acknowledgment of domestic economic strains, that "it is time to focus on nation-building here at home". Al Jazeera's Patty Culhane reports from Washington.
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