Obama Afghanistan

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  From Nobel Peace Prize To Syria: Barack Obama The Realist

  Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize may have confounded critics and created enormous expectations, but ultimately it had little influence on his refusal to get drawn into the bloodshed in Syria. In accepting the prize on December 10, 2009, the young US president, elected only a year earlier, gave a steely speech about "war and peace," outlining what w...

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  Welcome US Afghan Troop Commitment, Says NATO

  NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said today he welcomed President Barack Obama's decision to keep US troops in Afghanistan longer than planned as part of a "crucial" effort to support Kabul.

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  US President Barack Obama Extends Combat Role in Afghanistan: Report

  Barack Obama has extended the combat role for US troops in Afghanistan for another year, in a classified order he signed in recent weeks, the New York Times reported on Friday.

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  Barack Obama Invites Afghanistan's New Leaders to US

  President Barack Obama has extended new invitations to Afghanistan's new leaders to visit the White House early next year.

• Afghan Poll Feud Threatens Barack Obama's Smooth Exit Hopes

  Afghanistan's capricious politics and fresh claims of poll fraud on Tuesday clouded President Barack Obama's search for a "responsible" exit from Afghanistan by year's end.

• Barack Obama Tells Afghan Candidates Violence Would End US Aid

  US President Barack Obama warned the two candidates in Afghanistan's disputed presidential election that violence or taking "extra-constitutional means" would result in him stopping US assistance to the war-torn country, the White House said on Tuesday.

• United States to Keep 9800 Troops in Afghanistan

  President Barack Obama will seek to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after the war formally ends later this year and then will withdraw most of those forces by 2016, senior administration officials said Tuesday.

• Afghanistan Still a Very Dangerous Place, Says Barack Obama

  Mr Obama recently made a four-hour long surprise visit to Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan.

• Barack Obama Leaves Afghanistan After Surprise Troop Visit

  US President Barack Obama flew out of Afghanistan's Bagram Air Base in the early hours of Monday after a four-hour surprise visit to troops, an AFP reporter said.

• Hamid Karzai Refused to Meet Barack Obama at Bagram Air Base: US Official

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai was offered a meeting with President Barack Obama at Bagram Air Base outside Kabul but declined, a US official said Sunday.

• Barack Obama, in Afghanistan, Says He Will Make Troop Announcement Soon

  President Barack Obama, on a visit to Afghanistan, said on Sunday his administration would likely announce soon how many troops the United States will keep in the country, as it winds down its presence after nearly 13 years of war.

• Barack Obama Makes Secret Trip to Afghanistan to Visit US Troops

  President Barack Obama secretly slipped into Afghanistan under the cover of darkness Sunday for a weekend visit with U.S. troops serving in the closing months of America's longest war.

• Obama to announce troop withdrawal in Afghanistan on Wednesday

  President Barack Obama will announce the critical next steps in America's decade-long war in Afghanistan on Wednesday, outlining both a plan to start bringing thousands of U.S. troops home next month and a broader withdrawal blueprint aimed at giving Afghans control of their own security in 2014.But even as Obama finalizes those plans, there are di...

• No safe haven for terror: Obama tells US troops in Afghanistan

  President Barack Obama told US troops during a surprise holiday-season visit that they are making important progress in the war, and he pledged that Afghanistan would never again be a "safe haven for terrorists" who want to attack the United States."You will succeed in your mission," Obama told more than 3,500 cheering troops in a huge hangar. "We ...

• US President Barack Obama lands in Afghanistan for unannounced visit

  US President Obama made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan  on Friday as he sought to smooth over a troubled relationship with President Hamid Karzai  and take stock of a nine-year-old American-led war that he hopes to begin winding down next summer.Mr. Obama arrived at Bagram Air Base after a secret overnight flight. Bad weather and hig...