After weeks of dilemmas and speculations, U.S President Barack Obama has finally given his approval to send in thousands of more troops to reinforce the currently serving coalition forces in Afghanistan. President Obama later conducted telephonic conversations with other Heads of States such as Britain, France and Russia and informed them of his decision to reinforce the coalition troops in Afghanistan.

Although the exact number of troops to be sent to Afghanistan hasn’t yet been declared, still as per some the estimates provided some of the senior staff members of the White House, the U.S might send around 30,000 additional troops to the region in an effort to revitalize the coalition efforts of curbing the sudden increase in Taliban insurgency. The reinforcements will reach Afghanistan in a period of 12 to 18 months and would be a significant addition to the 100,000 US troops already stationed in the theater.,

The Obama administration will be sending its special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard C. Holbrooke, to Brussels, where NATO and other European allies will be briefed about the new policy and on Friday, the US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton will join Mr. Holbrooke along with Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal who is the highest ranking allied commander in Afghanistan. General McChrystal will be further briefing the NATO foreign ministers on the new policy.

Via New York Times.