<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: U-Obama wandisa inani lamasosha aseMelika e-Afghanistan phakathi nesikhathi sakhe sokuqala ngaphambi kokukhipha iningi lamasosha esikhathi sakhe sesibili. Lapho ethatha izintambo, u-Obama wamemezela ukuthi ukuba khona kwamasosha ase-U.S. e-Afghanistan kwakuzokhuliswa ngamasosha amasha angu-17,000 ehlobo lika-2009, ngaphezu kwamasosha acishe abe ngu-30,000 asevele e-Afghanistan ekuqaleni kuka-2009. UNobhala Wezokuvikela uRobert Gates, uNobhala Wezwe uHillary Clinton, kanye noSihlalo Wezikhulu Zombutho Ohlangene uMichael Mullen bonke baphikisana nokuthunyelwa kwamasosha engeziwe, futhi u-Obama wathumela amasosha engeziwe ngemva kwenqubo ende yokubuyekeza. Inani lamasosha aseMelika e-Afghanistan lalizodlula ku-100 000 ngo-2010. Ngo-2012, i-U.S. ne-Afghanistan basayina isivumelwano sobudlelwano obungamasu lapho i-U.S. yavuma khona ukunikeza amabutho ase-Afghanistan umsebenzi omkhulu wokulwa. Ngawo lowo nyaka, uhulumeni ka-Obama wakhetha i-Afghanistan njengomunye wababambisene nabo abakhulu abangekho e-NATO. Ngo-2014, u-Obama wamemezela ukuthi iningi lamasosha lizoshiya i-Afghanistan ngasekupheleni kuka-2016, nebutho elincane elizohlala enxusa lase-US. NgoSepthemba 2014, u-Ashraf Ghani wangena esikhundleni sikaHamid Karzai njengoMongameli wase-Afghanistan ngemuva kokuthi i-US isize ukuxoxisana ngesivumelwano sokwabelana ngamandla phakathi kukaGhani no-Abdullah Abdullah. Ngo-January 1, 2015, amasosha ase-U.S. aqeda i-Operation Enduring Freedom futhi aqala  <response>: I-Resolute Support Mission, lapho i-U.S. yashintshela khona endimeni yokuqeqesha, yize ezinye izinhlelo zokulwa zaqhubeka. Ngo-Okthoba 2015, u-Obama wamemezela ukuthi amasosha ase-U.S. ayezohlala e-Afghanistan unomphela ukuze asekele uhulumeni wase-Afghanistan empini yombango elwa neTaliban, i-al-Qaeda, ne-ISIL. UMartin Dempsey onguSihlalo we-Joint Chiefs of Staff wasungula isinqumo sokugcina amasosha e-Afghanistan njengengxenye yomsebenzi wesikhathi eside wokulwa nobushokobezi odlula e-Asia Ephakathi. U-Obama washiya isikhundla sakhe esinamabutho ase-U.S. angaba ngu-8 400 asele e-Afghanistan. 