Claim: "More than 40,000 troops are still stationed in Afghanistan with no clear objective. Even in the best case, by the end of the year at least 10,000 American soldiers will still be on the ground."
Fact-check: David Alameel airs outdated count of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and incomplete information on possible reductions
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: W. Gardner Selby
Date published: 2014-02-21T00:00:00