The deteriorating crisis in Iraq has raised fresh questions over President Obama’s plans to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2016. Fears that the hard-fought gains in Afghanistan could be wiped by a resurgent Taliban, came as early this morning four Taliban militants struck a Nato post in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, destroying dozens of trucks and sparking a gun battle with police. But Obama's administration insist the population is far more receptive to a continued U.S. presence, and a top American general says Afghans are better fighters. Scroll down for video An Afghan policeman stands guard near the scene of an attack in Torkham, Nangarhar province. The deteriorating crisis in Iraq has raised fresh questions over President Obama¿s plans to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2016
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Fears the gains in Afghanistan could be wiped out by a resurgent Taliban
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Obama administration insist Afghanistan is not Iraq
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President Hamid Karzai says he has confidence Afghanistan will be be safe
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Attack today took place in Nangarharan by supply route for Nato-led forces
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However the officials could offer no assurances that Afghanistan will not devolve into chaos after Americans leave, as @placeholder has.