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What's the plan for Afghanistan?

Hello again, I'm Warren Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

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America's longest war is winding down, but it's not over yet. There are as many unresolved issues as there are parties involved. The White House and the Pentagon haven't agreed

on the pace of troop withdrawal or how many U.S. soldiers should stay after 2014. Talks with

the Karzai regime and the Taliban raise more questions than answers about security and corruption.

Will a wildly inflated economy collapse when foreign troops and contractors are gone?

Will democracy, free expression, and human rights have a future?

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A major second term challenge for President Obama is ending the war in Afghanistan.

What are America's goals beyond troop withdrawal by 2014?

And what's the future of a country embroiled in violence for the past 30 years?

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