NATO says there has been a strategic shift in the Obama administration policy towards Afghanistan . Indeed , an administration official says `` some of the evidence swings the other way -- active support and at least tolerance '' by the Pakistanis for a number of the Taliban factions . Afghanistan will maintain combat troops in Afghanistan until 2015 . NATO will continue to have some kind of role in Afghanistan , likely advising and training units of the American army , into December 2014 and beyond .
NATO says there has been a strategic shift in the Obama administration policy towards Afghanistan . Afghanistan will maintain combat troops in Afghanistan until 2015 . NATO will continue to have some kind of role in Afghanistan , likely advising and training units of the American army , into December 2014 and beyond .