Nato expects more troops be sent to Afghanistan before handingover to local forces [GALLO/GETTY]
Obama Afghan Decision To Come After Thanksgiving — Yahoo News/AFP
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama has put off a decision on whether to send reinforcements to Afghanistan until after next week’s Thanksgiving holiday amid resistance to a troop buildup among key Democrats and criticism from the right.
After months of ruminating over the way forward in the eight-year war, Obama will not announce the biggest strategic decision of his young administration until after the holiday, his spokesman Robert Gibbs said Friday.
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