30,000 US troops are likely to be withdrawn from Afghanistan….

President Obama is expected to outline his plans for the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. According to reports, 30,000 US troops are likely to be withdrawn.

 President Obama has been under pressure from Pentagon that he should announce withdrawal only 5,000 troops from Afghanistan this year.

NATO air raids kill 52 people in Afghanistan ......

At least 12 children and two women were killed in a NATO air strike in Afghan province of Helmand.

In the southern province of Helmand, local authorities said at least 14 civilians, including women and children, were killed and six injured in an air raid.

Afghan authorities said that NATO had killed 52 people, mostly civilians, in air strikes in various parts of the country.
 NATO authorities say a probe have been ordered into the killings of civilians in NATO air raids.