US President Barack Obama intends to conclude the Afghanistan mission and withdraw most US troops within three years, the CNN reports.
Obama is also sending 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan and ordering military officials to get the reinforcements there within six months.
The conflict in Afghanistan has claimed the lives of more than 900 Americans and nearly 600 allied troops.

US President Barack Obama will announce tonight that he is sending 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan to be deployed over the next six months, Fox News reports.
The President also plans to discuss an end-game for US involvement in Afghanistan that will have a specific timeline for withdrawing “surge” forces with a number and date attached.
Military officials said at least one group of Marines is expected to deploy within two or three weeks of Obama’s …

Actor Gary Sinise and his band, the Lt Dan Band, will travel to Afghanistan to perform for US troops at three military bases during Thanksgiving week.
Entertainers joining Sinise on the United Service Organisations (USO) tour include model/TV host Leeann Tweeden, actress Kristy Swanson, comedian Kevin Farley, and actor Mykelti Williamson, all of whom will also entertain US troops.
Although Sinise has made several handshake tours to both Iraq and Afghanistan, this trip will mark the …

The White House and military officials are leaning toward sending more than 30,000 additional US troops to Afghanistan, Fox News reports.
Officials said that US President Barack Obama will not announce his decision until after he returns from his upcoming trip to Asia and stressed that no final decision has been made, even in private.
But the plan under serious consideration would split the difference between troop requests made by General Stanley McChrystal, the top US commander …

Fourteen Americans were killed in Afghanistan on Monday in two separate incidents involving helicopters, the New York Times reports.
Seven American soldiers and three civilians were killed in a helicopter crash in western Afghanistan, and in southern Afghanistan, the midair collision of two coalition helicopters resulted in the deaths of four US soldiers.
Military spokeswoman, Captain Elizabeth Mathias said that gunfire from insurgents was not to blame for the collision. She would not specify an exact location for …

In an unannounced move, US President Barack Obama is dispatching an additional 13,000 US troops to Afghanistan beyond the 21,000 he announced in March, FoxNews reports.
The additional troops are primarily support forces — such as engineers, medical personnel, intelligence experts and military police, bringing the total increase Obama has approved for the war-torn nation to 34,000.
“Obama authorized the whole thing. The only thing you saw announced in a press release was the 21,000,” an unnamed …

Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki suggested on Thursday that US troops could stay in the country beyond 2011 under agreements between the two countries, Foxnews reports.
“The security relations between the Americans and the Iraqis … is a relationship based on co-operation and all the foundations and rules that were put forth in the agreements,” he said in a speech at the US Institute of Peace. “Nevertheless, if the Iraqis require further training and support we …