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| Hexenherz 10/09/18 3:25:33 PM #18: | M_Live posted... How are we still warring over there? Our military is bigger than their entire population. I genuinely don't understand the end game of the Afghanistan war at all. The war is technically over. The problem is that it's still a very unstable region and there are still various terrorist/insurgent groups that remain a threat to the government, which is why forces remain there. It's not a very large contingency though - in 2017 there were a little over 13,700 NATO forces, almost 7,000 of which were US, in Afghanistan. A lot of it's just peacekeeping and also conducting training for the local military and police forces. saspa posted... Erm what? Didn't Obama withdraw out of Iraq and Afghanistan like, nearly a decade ago? No. NATO forces peaked at about 130,000 in 2011 (less than a decade ago) and Obama in 2014 did plan on withdrawing the vast majority of forces and leaving a small force but that didn't work out. --- FFXIV: Herzog Erislieb (Cactaur) | ESO: @Ultima_Vyse RS3: UltimaSuende . 99 WC/99 FISH/99 Cook ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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