WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): US president Barack Obama on Thursday announced he would keep 9,800 American troops in Afghanistan activities.
Speaking at a White House press conference, the president said he had also decided to keep 5,500 troops in Kabul and a few bases, including those at Bagram, Jalalabad in the east, and Kandahar in the south during the same timeframe.
“Their mission will not change. Our troops will continue to pursue those two narrow tasks that I . . .









