US TO END COMBAT MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN NEXT YEAR

Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense, has announced the United States will end all combat missions in Afghanistan in 2013.  

A reserve force of troops will be kept in Afghanistan through 2014 to train the Afghan National Army.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/afghanistan-war-panetta_n_1247910.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl6%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D131880

CHICAGO TRIBUNE NEWS ALERT: US MILITARY SAYS TALIBAN SET TO RETAKE AFGHANISTAN

The Chicago Tribune in its Wednesday edition are reporting the US Military says the Taliban are poised and ready to retake Afghanistan the minute US. troops withdraw from the country.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-afghan-nato-reporttre81006n-20120131,0,1514178.story