President Barack Obama announced a "pause" in the withdrawal of the 10,000 US troops still in Afghanistan on Thursday. With the "blunder" of the Kunduz hospital, the failure to conclude the war is consummated.
"This announcement does not change in any way the fact that our combat mission in Afghanistan is over," emphasized a source close to the US president. "We will continue to conduct two targeted missions: counterterrorism and training, and advice and assistance to our Afghan partners." (...)
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