A senior official in the US administration said that President Barack Obama has approved plans US military commanders are given wider powers to help the Afghan forces to tackle the Taliban forces, after the end of combat operations for US forces and NATO forces officially in December. And allow the resolution adopted at the last few weeks of US forces, to carry out limited missions against the Taliban is necessary to protect Americans, and to support the Afghan security forces. The official said, "We will take appropriate measures to secure the Americans, while not targeting fighters anymore for being members of the Taliban, according to the extent that members of the Taliban threatens US and coalition forces in Afghanistan directly or as far as providing support to al-Qaeda." Report published by the New York Times reported late Friday said that the new mandate would allow American planes and bombers and unmanned aircraft to assist the Afghan forces in combat missions. Obama announced last May after a brief visit of US forces in Afghanistan, said combat operations in Afghanistan and that the number of troops will be reduced to 9,600 troops. According to Obama's plan would reduce the number of troops to about half by the end of 2015 and will reduce the American presence by the end of 2016 to the normal level with the Office of the embassy security assistance in Kabul, like what happened in Iraq. The US military presence in Afghanistan in waiting for the new Afghan government's approval of the bilateral security pact, a move was postponed due to disagreement on the outcome of the presidential election.
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