Last of 33,000 US surge troops leave Afghanistan (Photo: Staff Sgt. Michael Behlin / AP) Nearly two years after President Barack Obama ordered 33,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan to tamp down the escalating Taliban violence, the last of those surge troops have left the country, U.S. officials said Thursday. Read the complete story.
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Last of 33,000 US surge troops leave Afghanistan

(Photo: Staff Sgt. Michael Behlin / AP)

Nearly two years after President Barack Obama ordered 33,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan to tamp down the escalating Taliban violence, the last of those surge troops have left the country, U.S. officials said Thursday.

Source: worldnews.nbcnews.com

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