Those with ties to the country welcome Obama’s decision in a year that has seen Taliban attempts to win over Afghan cities,including Kunduz last monthTo Nilufar Shuja, Barack Obama’s announcement this week to keep some US troops in Afghanistan was a fulfillment of moral responsibility. “It would have been devastating whether the troops had left as planned, or ” said Shuja,an Afghan American media and trade consultant who returned to northern California in June after nearly two years of living in Kabul. “The country is not ready to defend itself.
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Source: theguardian.com