The government says US troops are not leaving Afghanistan in the middle of 2011 that they will be there until the job is finished. What does that mean? What benchmark is there to finally say “mission accomplished”? And if the job is not going to be done in 2011 just when will it be finished and how many more years from today will it take?

Topics: Middle East, Afghanistan, fighting, years, mission, Nato, soldiers, completion, us forces, insurgents, finishing