2014 Afghanistan Pullout Relies on US Training Efforts

Coalition forces in Afghanistan are gearing up for their withdrawal, slated to begin in July.
2014 Afghanistan Pullout Relies on US Training Efforts
A U.S. Marine of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines Regiment (L) shakes hands with Afghanistan national army (ANA) soldiers during a patrol in Garmser, Helmand Province, on March 7. There are around 140,000 international troops, two-thirds of them from the United States in Afghanistan fighting the militant Islamist Taliban. Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images
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A U.S. Marine of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines Regiment (L) shakes hands with Afghanistan national army (ANA) soldiers during a patrol in Garmser, Helmand Province, on March 7. There are around 140,000 international troops, two-thirds of them from the United States in Afghanistan fighting the militant Islamist Taliban. (Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images)
Joshua Philipp
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Joshua Philipp is senior investigative reporter and host of “Crossroads” at The Epoch Times. As an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker, his works include "The Real Story of January 6" (2022), "The Final War: The 100 Year Plot to Defeat America" (2022), and "Tracking Down the Origin of Wuhan Coronavirus" (2020).
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