US to withdraw 30,000 troops from Afghanistan

THE US is to withdraw more than 30,000 troops from Afghanistan by next summer, US President Barack Obama revealed last night.

It was the decisive first step toward ending a decade-long war that is increasingly unpopular in the United States.

In a televised address, Obama announced a plan to pull out 10,000 troops from Afghanistan by year’s end, followed by 23,000 more by the end of next summer