WASHINGTON AFP President Barack Obama will Tuesday announce a swift sixmonth surge of 30000 more troops to Afghanistan but sketch an end game to the war by saying an exit strategy will begin within three years Obama will unveil a political and military gamble aimed at reining in the Taliban insurgency destroying AlQaeda and training the Afghan army in a globally awaited speech after an exhaustive monthslong policy review The president has settled on a 30000 strong troop surge but decided that the new forces must be rushed into the fight within six months to be most effective a US official told AFP on condition of anonymity But keen to signal to Afghan leaders and a wary American public that the US commitment is not endless he will mention a date well before the end of his current term in 2013 for a US drawdown to begin the official said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs Obama would absolutely spell out for Americans how and when they could expect to see US forces finally come home from a war launched after the September 11 attacks in 2001 This will not be nation building This is not an openended commitment what we are doing is putting forward a strategy and an endgame in Gibbs told MSNBC The speech at the US Military Academy at West Point at 800 pm 0100 GMT Wednesday is already shaping up as the biggest test so far for Obama in a young presidency defined by multiple crises He must convince skeptics fearing a Vietnam style quagmire that an escalation will lead to withdrawal Opinion polls show sliding public support for the war with more than 900 American soldiers killed in Afghanistan and October the deadliest month yet with 74 US combat deaths Many more foreign troops and Afghans have died NATO US troop numbers in Afghanistan Hours to West Point Obama laid out his new strategy in an hourlong video conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai officials in Kabul and Washington said A US official would not go into detail about the but Obama aides have said the president will set clear for the Afghan government in improving security and cracking down on corruption Obama was also due to lay out his plans to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari after briefing Russia France and Britain on Monday with calls also scheduled with the German and Chinese leaders Some of Obamas Democratic allies in Congress are resisting more troops citing a lack of clarity in war aims and the huge cost of deployments at a time of deep economic crisis His critics seemed likely to back a surge but called on Obama to show commitment to victory however long it took I want to be sure that the president commits to winning in and thatthe emphasis is on that rather than on exiting said Buck McKeon the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee Obamas speech which will also freshen US strategy of Pakistan will be closely watched by foreign governments weighing US intent and Obama is also expected to ask NATO partners for more troops In a first sign of increased allied help NATO ally Britain said Monday it would this month send 500 more soldiers to boost its Afghan contingent to 9500 men and women Troop numbers in Afghanistan NATO allies France and Germany are also thought to be under pressure to add more troops Obamas policy review came to the boil after Afghan commander General Stanley McChrystal reported on the war to the Pentagon in August The Washington Post then revealed that the general had warned the war will likely result in failure without more troops to crush the insurgency Obamas task wasdalsze przez afgańskich wybory których początkowe głębokie prezydent Hamid Karzaja niektórych Wiceprezes Joseph Biden bardziej ograniczone wysiłków do AlQaeda w i Pakistanie While będzie on ujawniać jego dłoń osobom American we wtorek Obama podpisane zamówień strategii w niedzielę on następnie przez bezpieczne videolink do ambasador McChrystal i USA do Kabulu Karl Eikenberry wzrost oddziałów kilku grupom antiwar powiedział że są zaplanowane wtorek przy głównym wejściu do Akademii West Point i środy na federalnym budynków w kilku miastach USA