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US to keep 8,400 troops in Afghanistan until end of year: Obama

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President Barack Obama announces that 8,400 US troops will remain in Afghanistan into 2017 in light of the still "precarious" security situation in the war-ravaged country.

Added on the 06/07/2016 18:08:45 - Copyright : AFP EN

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