article_snippet: For the Afghan government, the timetable of President Barack Obama's proposed troop withdrawal is the key issue.
article_snippet: Obama says that the last American troops will leave Afghanistan at the end of 2016.
article_snippet: This happens to roughly coincide with the end of President Obama second term in office and also fulfills President Obama campaign promise to wind down America's post-9/11 wars.
article_snippet: Ghani is clearly uncomfortable with the pace of President Barack Obama's proposed troop withdrawal, telling CBS' "60 Minutes" in January, "deadlines should not be dogmas" and that there should be a "willingness to reexamine" the withdrawal date.
article_snippet: Is Obama's withdrawal plan a wise policy?
article_snippet: On Tuesday, President Obama announced that the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan would be slowed and the remaining 9,800 troops would stay there through the end of 2015.
article_snippet: But this welcome development does not change the central issue, which is the Obama administration's withdrawal date of December 2016 for all U.S. forces.
article_snippet: Obama successor a favor by leaving this important decision up to the next President.
highlights_snippet: President Obama is planning withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by end of 2016 .
  