President Obama vows to ‘finish’ job in Afghanistan

Promising to “finish the job” in Afghanistan by defeating al-Qaeda and Taliban, US President Barack Obama has thrown clear hints of sending more troops to the war-torn country ahead of unveiling his new Af-Pak policy.

“It is in our strategic interests, in our national security interests, to make sure that al-Qaeda and its extremist allies cannot operate effectively in those areas,” Obama said.

He said the US and its allies are going to degrade the militants’ capabilities and ultimately dismantle and destroy their networks.

Afghanistan’s stability is important to that process, Obama said in response to a question during a joint press conference with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here last night.