http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/defa...signedtext.pdf

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The agreement, which takes effect when U.S. and other foreign combat forces leave in 2014, also is not the last word on whether the United States leaves a much smaller contingent of troops in Afghanistan after that date. The agreement also sets in writing previous assurances from U.S. leaders that the United States will not build permanent military bases in Afghanistan or use its soil to launch hostile attacks on its neighbors. That does not preclude U.S. military and intelligence units from sharing space at Afghan bases, but if honored would prevent the United States from launching any future strike on Iran from inside Afghanistan. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politi...KxT_story.html

We are still pulling most of the troops out but its cheaper to aid the Afghan government to police their own nation -- if they can live up to their end of the agreement.