White House: Afghanistan killings unlikely to alter withdrawal plan [View all]

[Cali_Democrat]

Source: LA Times

By Christi Parsons

A White House official predicted Monday that the weekend shooting of Afghan civilians by an American soldier will not change President Obama’s current plans for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan.

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White House spokesman Jay Carney deplored the killings, but said he doesn't believe it will change plans for withdrawal from the war zone by the end of 2014.

"I don't believe this incident will change the timetable of a strategy that was designed and implemented to allow for the withdrawal of U.S. forces, to allow for the transfer of lead security over to the Afghans," Carney told reporters.


The questions arise as the military launches an investigation into the horrific incident, which left nine children among the dead. Several were slain in their homes.

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