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International troops will continue to train, advise and assist the afghans and fight along side them when needed. but we will shift into a support role as afghans step forward. as we do, our troops will be coming home. last year we removed 10,000 u.s. troops from afghanistan. another 23,000 will leave by the end of the summer. after that, reductions will continue at a steady pace with more and more of our troops coming home. and as our coalition agreed, by the end of 2014, the afghans will be fu...

>> reporter: yeah, you can add to that senior u.s. official, you can also add to that chinese state media. now remember, andrew, that this has befr benever been reported. ever since chen guangcheng fled last week after 18 months on house arrest, that has never been reported in state media. that has all changed in the last few minutes. xinhua, state-run media, is now confirming this. chen has left the embassy of his own volition, and theyre demanding the u.s. apologize to china for one ...

spring offensive. that threat follows this deadly attack in kabul but a taliban suicide bomber two hours after president obama left afghanistan and the taliban claiming its just a sign of things to come. lets go straight to nick payton walsh in kabul. when the taliban says spring offensive, tell us exactly what that means. >> reporter: well, something they were talking about two weeks ago but today their statements shortly after barack obama left made it clear they consider it a new op...

the zone. from there he quickly went by chopper to kabul, another war zone where him and president hamid karsai signed the strategic partnership agreement. it promises american support for afghanistan through 2024. ten years after the last american combat forces are scheduled to leave the country by the end of 2012. excuse me, 2014. the president made some brief remarks, then headed back to bagram for a rally with the troops. more than 130,000 men and women serve in afghanistan. the va...

Coming off the helmet of the victorious army. how can we be in a new support role, the role of the president, of the afghan security forces, how can we be a successful back up and another phrase he used to a government and army we may not be able to rely on? >> and what happens if it doesnt work? i guess thats the big question. six years in fr now, still in the time lien he outlined, no effective afghan government. are we going to build back up to try to bring stability? i dont know if a preside...

But we will shift into a support role as afghans step forward. as we do, our troops will be coming home. last year we removed 10,000 u.s. troops from afghanistan. another 23,000 will leave by the end of the summer. after that, reductions will continue at a steady pace with more and more of our troops coming home. and as our coalition agreed, by the end of 2014, the afghans will be fully responsible for the security of their country. second, we are training afghan security forces to get the job d...

International troops will continue to train and advise and assist and fight alongside when needed. but we will shift into a support role as afghans step forward. as we do our troops will be coming home. last year we removed 10,000 u.s. troops from afghanistan. another 23,000 will leave by the end of the summer. after that reductions will continue at a steady pace with more and more troops coming home. as our coalition agrees by the end of 2014 the afghans will be fully responsible for their secu...

negotiations over that agreement at an upcoming nato summit. critics will say it is about politics. everyone knows today is the anniversary of the raid in pakistan that killed osama bin laden. on the ground, do people there -- are they aware that president obama is on the ground? >> reporter: late in the afternoon the sun went down there was a report on afghan media suggesting that he was already in kabul. since then we have seen absolute silence across the city occasionally by helicop...

Politics editor and host of "power play" on foxnews.com live. guys, you asked them, that question standing alone did the free enterprise system make america great, that doesnt necessarily suggest how they feel about government investments but you asked them that too. you asked did government invests make america great? and 42% said no. just 27% said yes. 32% not sure. what did you glean from that? >> well this is part of an overall view of government. americans dont view government as the centra...

Helping them do that but in a support role. that will be in the case of advising, assisting and adding firefire, air support, intel and med-evac. they will be involved in the intel, the majority of intel on the terrorists does come from the united states. so they will be able to guide the afghans on who they should be going after am but it is an afghan-led mission with regard to the night raids. an elite force will be set up with american assistance. the americans give them access to everything ...