Gates: US should stay involved in Afghanistan
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that both the US and Afghan governments agree the American military should remain involved in Afghanistan after the planned 2014 end of combat operations to help train and advise Afghan forces.
"Obviously it would be a small fraction of the presence that we have today, but I think we're willing to do that," Gates told a group of US troops at Bagram air field, which is headquarters for US and NATO forces in eastern Afghanistan. "My sense is, they (Afghan officials) are interested in having us do that." (AP)
