WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Between 6,000 and 20,000 U.S. troops would stay in Afghanistan after 2014, plans submitted by Gen. John Allen, senior U.S. commander in Afghanistan, indicated.
A senior military official said Allen offered Defense Secretary Leon Panetta three plans, each with different troop levels -- 6,000, 10,000 and 20,000 -- and risk-factor probabilities, The New York Times reported Thursday.