What comes next for Obama's unfinished mission in Afghanistan
By: Andrew Tilghman, May 22, 2016 (Photo Credit: NASIR WAQIF, AFP/Getty Images)
As President Obama prepares to make his final major decision about the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan, there's a growing sense he is likely to halt a planned withdrawal of American troops and let the next president decide how to end the 15-year-old war.
The top commander now in Kabul, Army Gen. John “Mick” Nicholson, is concluding a review of the situation there and will send his recommendations up the chain of command by June 1, defense officials say. He is likely to conclude that the conditions in Afghanistan are worse than predicted in 2014, when the U.S. declared an official end to its combat mission.
“He believes that, over the last year, the security situation has deteriorated,” Army Brig. Gen. Charles Cleveland, a deputy chief of staff for NATO's Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan, told Military Times.
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2016/05/22/obama-afghanistan-american-military-withdrawal/84584972/
