25-03-2015 19:11

Suicide bomber hits Kabul as Taliban warn on US troop pullout

A suicide car bomber killed seven people in Kabul Wednesday as the Taliban warned that Washington's decision to slow the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan will hamper peace efforts. US President Barack Obama on Tuesday reversed plans to withdraw around 5,000 US troops from Afghanistan this year, an overture to the country's new reform-minded leader, President Ashraf Ghani. Hosting Ghani at the White House for their first presidential head-to-head, Obama agreed to keep the curren
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