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terça-feira, 24 de Novembro de 2009 21:37

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But there is every sign he will put a great deal of effort into also explaining how and when the Afghan mission will end, he says.

The president has been saying with increasing frequency that a key part of the rethinking of the US Afghanistan strategy involves building an exit strategy into the announcement.

In his comments on Tuesday, Mr Obama said "the whole world" should help with the US-led Afghan mission, and that he would speak in his announcement of "the obligations of our international partners in this process".

The US currently has about 68,000 troops in Afghanistan, which contribute to total foreign forces of more than 100,000.

In Britain, Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth said President Obama's lengthy deliberations over whether or not to send more troops had contributed to falling public support in Britain for the Afghan mission.

The British government later denied that Mr Ainsworth was blaming American delays over sending more troops to Afghanistan for any decline in public support.

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terça-feira, 24 de Novembro de 2009 21:36

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US President Barack Obama has said it is his intention to "finish the job" in Afghanistan after eight years of conflict there.

Mr Obama said he would announce a long-awaited decision over sending more troops to Afghanistan "shortly".

Some US media reports have suggested that the US president is intending to send 34,000 more troops.

He has been considering a request from his top commander in Afghanistan for 40,000 more US troops.

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