american foreign policy: the war in afghanistan

American officials had hoped that the war in Afghanistan would be ending soon, America was supposed to step back from their combat role around mid 2013. It doesn't seem like this will actually be a reality though. With all of our goals being acheived there, this looked like a possibility. The angry protests that broke out seemed to be because of our troops angering the Afghans. Because of this, President Obama apologized to President Hamid Karzai. It seems that what the United States did was very disrespectful, whether it was intentional or not, to the Afghans. Many Afghans were enraged when their books were destroyed. These were obviously very important to them. Even after Obama apologized, people were still not happy. Obama, in his letter, said that "the error was inadverdent,". He also mentioned that he would make sure the appropriate steps were taken to to avoid this incident happening again. Angry protests broke out in Kabul, as well as other Afghan cities. 10 protestors were reported dead. Hopefully, the U.S. troops will be out by the end of 2014, as reported.