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| US President Barack Obama has said it is his intention to "finish the job" in Afghanistan after eight years of conflict there. | US President Barack Obama has said it is his intention to "finish the job" in Afghanistan after eight years of conflict there. |
| Mr Obama said he would announce a long-awaited decision over sending more troops to Afghanistan "shortly". | Mr Obama said he would announce a long-awaited decision over sending more troops to Afghanistan "shortly". |
| Some US media reports have suggested that the US president is intending to send 34,000 more troops. | Some US media reports have suggested that the US president is intending to send 34,000 more troops. |
| He has been weighing a request from his top commander in Afghanistan for 40,000 more US troops to aid the war effort. | He has been weighing a request from his top commander in Afghanistan for 40,000 more US troops to aid the war effort. |
| Mr Obama said an ongoing review of US policy in Afghanistan had been "extremely useful", stressing that it was in the US strategic interest to make sure al-Qaeda cannot operate in the area. | |
| "After eight years, some of those years in which we did not have, I think, either the resources or the strategy to get the job done, it is my intention to finish the job," he said. | |
| Speaking at a press conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, he added that the Afghan people were "going to have to provide ultimately for their own security". |