33,000 U.S. troops to leave Afghanistan

U.S. Marines participate in a security patrol in Gorgak district of Helmand province of Afghanistan in 2010. UPI/Hossein Fatemi 

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Published: July 26, 2012 at 8:28 AM

HEMLAND, Afghanistan, July 26 (UPI) -- The Taliban's presence in southwestern Afghanistan has weakened, allowing coalition forces to turn over security to Afghans, U.S. military officials said.
"It will be a rolling transition to more training and advising and assisting and less of the counterinsurgency operations," said Gen. James Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps. "The Afghan security forces will be in the lead and we'll be in support."

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