WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's much-anticipated annual review of the conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan is upbeat on progress and reaffirms that the strategy of transferring responsibility for security to Afghan forces is still on track to be completed by 2014. At the same time, however, the assessment lays the intellectual framework for a "sustained, long-term commitment to the region" that makes clear the United States will continue to be involved beyond the withdrawal date.
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