New Afghan president: Obama may have to reexamine withdrawal
By Kevin Cirilli – 01/04/15 07:00 PM EST
Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani said in a interview broadcast late Sunday that President Obama may need to “reexamine” his deadline for the U.S. troop withdrawal from the country.
“If both parties, or, in this case, multiple partners, have done their best to achieve the objectives and progress is very real, then there should be willingness to reexamine a deadline,” Ghani told CBS’s “60 Minutes.””Did you tell President Obama that?” Lara Logan asked.
“President Obama knows me. We don’t need … to tell each other,” Ghani said during his first U.S. televised interview since becoming the country’s president.
Obama had announced plan to withdraw troops from the country by the end of 2016. There are currently about 10,000 troops remaining.
