PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Thousands of American troops may be needed to remain in Afghanistan for decades, US military commanders have warned the Obama administration.
A report in Wednesday’s edition of the Washington Postquoted a senior Pentagon official as telling journalists about a withdrawal from Afghanistan: “What we’ve learned is that you can’t really leave.”
He argued Afghan forces -- needing air support, intelligence and help with logistics -- were not going to be ready in three or five years. “You have to be there for a very . . .
