U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter delivers remarks at a question-and-answer session with U.S. military personnel at Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar February 22, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst
Reuters: Tough choice for U.S. in Afghanistan's Kandahar province
(Reuters) - A once bustling military hub at the heart of America's war in southern Afghanistan, Kandahar Air Field seemed destined to quietly shut down this year as part of a U.S. withdrawal that had already thinned its numbers.
But, now, there appears to be growing signs that fate might be postponed, if only for a bit, as the United States weighs slowing the pace of the drawdown from Afghanistan.
New U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter visited the sprawling complex on Sunday, but kept reporters guessing whether he thought it should remain operational longer - keeping a U.S. toe-hold in an important region of Afghanistan.
WNU Editor: It all now comes down to a question of when .... when is the exact time for U.S. forces to leave. At the moment .... it is 2015 .... but I suspect that this will be delayed by another year or two.
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