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                    [Title] => Withdrawal: Obama charts end to Afghan war by 2016
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President Barack Obama announced plans Tuesday for keeping nearly 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after this year but then withdrawing virtually all by the close of 2016 and the conclusion of his presidency, charting an end to America's longest war.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-28 08:20:16 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1432801 [AuthorName] => Julie Pace [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1327861 [Title] => White House mistakenly reveals CIA official's name [Summary] =>

The Obama administration accidentally revealed the name of the CIA's top official in Afghanistan in an email to thousands of journalists during the president's surprise weekend trip to Bagram Air Field.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-27 06:17:36 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1440294 [AuthorName] => Ken Dilanian [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1327466 [Title] => Obama pledges to end Afghanistan war at year's end [Summary] =>

President Barack Obama is promising U.S. forces in Afghanistan that America's longest war will come to a close at the end of the year.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-26 08:39:57 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1327462 [Title] => Obama slips into Afghanistan to visit US troops [Summary] =>

President Barack Obama, on a surprise holiday visit to this sprawling military base, said yesterday he was close to a decision about the number of US troops who will remain after year's end in America's longest war.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-26 05:22:33 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1432801 [AuthorName] => Julie Pace [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 869277 [Title] => Afghan president: US violating detainee pact [Summary] =>

Afghanistan's president accused US forces of capturing and holding Afghans in violation of an agreement to turn over that responsibility to his forces, complicating a new round of security talks between the two countries.

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-20 06:16:24 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 848147 [Title] => Base attack kills 3 Afghans, destroys NATO chopper [Summary] =>

Afghan insurgents bombarded a US base and destroyed a NATO helicopter, killing three Afghan intelligence employees, officials said yesterday. There were also NATO personnel aboard and wounded, the coalition said without providing further details.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-12 03:33:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 840887 [Title] => Afghan rockets damage US general's plane [Summary] =>

An insurgent rocket attack damaged the plane of the top U.S. general as it sat parked at a coalition base in Afghanistan on Tuesday, dealing another blow to the image of progress in building a stable country as foreign forces work to wind down the 10-year-old war.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-22 08:02:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 783403 [Title] => Conflicting accounts over Afghan Quran burnings [Summary] =>

An investigation into the burning of Muslim holy books at a US military base has found it was a mistake involving at least five Americans who may face a disciplinary review, a Western official said yesterday, but Afghan investigators claimed it was an intentional desecration.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-04 04:24:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 780591 [Title] => US general calms troops after Afghanistan deaths [Summary] =>

The top US commander in Afghanistan has told his troops that "now is not the time for revenge" for the deaths of two US soldiers killed in riots over the burning of Qurans at an American base.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-24 22:00:23 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 780064 [Title] => Quran burning incites deadly riots in Afghanistan [Summary] =>

Clashes between Afghan troops and protesters angry over the burning of Muslim holy books at a US military base left at least seven people dead and dozens wounded yesterday as anger spread despite US apologies over what it said was a mistake.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-23 07:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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