By Volkhonsky Boris, 23.06.2011, 14:02, On Wednesday, President Obama announced major cuts in the number of American forces in Afghanistan. Mr.Obama’s withdrawal plan was covered extensively by the press and attracted public attention both at home and abroad.The Afghan campaign became one of the hottest issues of the US foreign policy agenda. The US has failed to achieve any of the goals it set for Afghanistan at the beginning of the campaign. The killing of Osama bin Laden provided a temporary rise in Obama’s popularity but the US euphoria over it quickly diminished. Source: Voice of Russia.
