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December 18, 2009

US Ambassador Suggests Extended US Occupation of Afghanistan
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The US ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl Eikenberry, meanwhile has given
new indications the US expects to remain beyond its 2011 time line.
Speaking before an Afghan audience Thursday, Eikenberry said, “This is
not a deadline despite what some people in the United States and
Afghanistan have said… [It’s] entirely based on the conditions that
exist at that time.”



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