A timeline of US 軍隊／機動隊s in Afghanistan since 2001
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Over the 14 years since the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs went to war in Afghanistan, the number of American 軍隊／機動隊s there spiraled to 100,000 then dropped below 10,000, with 計画（する）s to bring the 残り／休憩（する） home by the end of next year. Now 大統領 Barack Obama has put those 撤退 計画（する）s on 持つ／拘留する.
A timeline of the U.S. 軍の presence in Afghanistan:
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大統領 Barack Obama, …を伴ってd by, from left, 共同の 長，指導者s Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, 弁護 長官 Ash Carter and 副大統領 Joe Biden, speaks about Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Obama 発表するd that he will keep U.S. 軍隊／機動隊s in Afghanistan when he leaves office in 2017, casting aside his 約束 to end the war on his watch and instead 確実にするing he 手渡すs the 衝突 off to his 後継者. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Oct. 7, 2001: 大統領 George W. Bush 発表するs that U.S. and British 軍隊／機動隊s have begun striking Afghanistan for harboring the al-Qaida テロリストs 非難するd for the Sept. 11 attacks. The 大規模な 空気／公表する （選挙などの）運動をする 最初 的s Taliban 軍隊／機動隊s, training （軍の）野営地，陣営s and 空気／公表する def enses.
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November 2001: 1,300 American 軍隊／機動隊s are in the country as 特殊部隊員s and ground 軍隊／機動隊s, おもに 海洋s, begin to arrive.
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December 2001: The U.S. 軍隊 grows to 2,500 as 軍隊／機動隊s scour the 山地の Tora Bora 地域 looking for al-Qaida leader Osama 貯蔵所 Laden. The Taliban is 追い出すd and an 暫定的な Afghan 政府 設立するd.
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March 2002: 7,200 U.S. 軍隊／機動隊s are in Afghanistan as Americans lead 連合した Afghan 軍隊s in the largest ground 強襲，強姦 of the war to that point.
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December 2002: The U.S. ends the year with about 9,700 軍隊／機動隊s （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd, mostly going after Taliban 謀反のs.
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December 2003: The year ends with about 13,100 軍隊／機動隊s in Afghanistan.
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April 2004: The number swells to 20,300 as the U.S. builds up 軍隊s along the Afghan-Pakistan 国境 and 供給するs 安全 for fledgling 再建 事業／計画（する）s.
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December 2006: Attention has 転換d to the 増大するing war in Iraq; the 軍隊 in Afghanistan remains just over 20,000.
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December 2007: The 軍隊 in Afghanistan rises to 25,000. Still, Iraq is the 優先.
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May 2009: As fighting in Afghanistan 強めるs, the number of U.S. 軍隊／機動隊s より勝るs 50,000.
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Decem ber 2009: 軍隊／機動隊s now number more than 67,000, and the 状況／情勢 is 悪化するing, with 増大するing 暴力／激しさ and more service members killed. Obama orders in another 33,000 軍隊／機動隊s to 戦う／戦い al-Qaida 交戦的なs and a resurgent Taliban.
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August 2010: The U.S. 軍隊 reaches 100,000.
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May 2011: 貯蔵所 Laden is 設立する hiding in 隣接地の Pakistan and killed in a U.S. special 操作／手術s （警察の）手入れ，急襲. There are still about 100,000 軍隊／機動隊s in Afghanistan.
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June 2011: 説 the U.S. is 会合 its goals in Afghanistan, Obama 発表するs his 撤退 計画（する）: Bring home 10,000 軍隊／機動隊s by the end of 2011, and continue at a 安定した pace until 手渡すing over 安全 責任／義務s to the Afghans by 2014.
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September 2012: 軍隊／機動隊 levels 負かす／撃墜する to 77,000.
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December 2013: 負かす／撃墜する to 46,000 軍隊／機動隊s, the slow 撤退 continues.
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March 2014: With nearly 34,000 軍隊／機動隊s in Afghanistan, Obama orders the 米国防総省 to develop 選択s for a 完全にする 軍の 撤退, because Afghan 大統領 Hamid Karzai 辞退するs to 調印する a 安全 協定 with the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs.
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May 2014: Obama 発表するs his 計画（する） to pull 事実上 all U.S. 軍隊／機動隊s out of Afghanistan by the end of 2016, when his second 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 in office will be 製図／抽選 to a の近くに.
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December 2014: 軍隊／機動隊 levels have been 削減（する） in half since Obama's 告示 in May, 負かす／撃墜する to 16,100. Obama 宣言するs their 戦闘 使節団 over, but 軍隊／機動隊s will continue training and advising Afghan 軍隊s.
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March 2015: 軍隊／機動隊s 拒絶する／低下する to their 現在の number ― about 9,800 ― on 跡をつける for a 2016 撤退.
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Oct. 15, 2015: In a 逆転, Obama says the 状況／情勢 is too 壊れやすい for the American 軍の to leave. He 発表するs 計画（する）s to keep the 現在の 軍隊 of about 9,800 in place through most of next year to continue counterterrorism 使節団s and advise Afghans 戦う／戦いing a resurgent Taliban. The 計画（する） is for the number to 減少（する） to about 5,500 軍隊／機動隊s in 2017.
That year, the next 大統領，／社長 will move into the White House.
