NEW YORK — President Barack Obama has committed an additional 30,000 troops to stabilize Afghanistan, supplemented by some additional allied forces from NATO, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. During a press conference, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters Obama did not see the U.S. commitment to the Middle East country as open ended. With the war already lasting nearly eight years, earlier Gibbs had said the U.S. would not be in Afghanistan for another eight or nine years, though a specific time table isn’t expected. Following the latest addition, the U.S. will have about 100,000 soldiers in Afghanistan. Since 2001, about 928 U.S. soldiers have died in the country, with casualty numbers climbing higher in each year, according to iCasualties.org.
Obama To Send 30,000 More Troops To Afghanistan
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