Hagel: Challenges Remain for US Troops in Afghanistan

Departing U.S. defense chief Chuck Hagel has told the remaining American troops in Afghanistan that they still have challenges to meet, even as their mission soon will shift from fighting Taliban insurgents to training Afghan troops. Hagel, who recently announced his resignation, made a final stop in Afghanistan Sunday, telling U.S. troops at a base near the eastern city of Jalalabad that "the job's not over." He said the U.S. does not "want to see that the tremendous...

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