Obama: All U.S. Troops Could Be Out of Afghanistan by Year's End

U.S. President Barack Obama told Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday that America will be prepared for a complete military withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.

Obama proposed complete disengagement from Afghanistan because Karzai hasn't signed a bilateral security agreement that would define the relationship between the two nations after 2014

The president asked the Pentagon to draw up two plans: one for a full withdrawal, and another that requires a force of 10,000 to stay in Afghanistan. The option Obama chooses will depend on Karzai or the next Afghan president who will be elected this spring, according to a summary of the leaders' phone call that was posted on the White House's website. Karzai says he feels that the next president of Afghanistan should decide whether or not to sign the BSA, and despite preparing the U.S. military for total withdrawal, Obama left the possibility of staying, open Read more...