US occupation of Afghanistan continues

""News websites and broadcasts - and US and NATO press releases - were filled with discussion about the "formal" end of the Afghan war yesterday. But any close reading of the facts will find that they were wrong." "The reality remains the same: For American soldiers and for the Afghan people the war that began on Oct. 7, 2001 will go on." "with 11,000 US troops remaining in the country. There will be talk of "advising," and "training" and "non-combat" presence. But for the most part that can be safely ignored."