Obama will increase Afghan troops for another 4 thousand people.

Barack Obama planned to further increase Afghan troops in the 4 thousand U.S. soldiers, CNN television reported, citing senior U.S. administration officials. As expected, the U.S. president officially announced about the decision on Friday. According to Reuters, it also goes on a business trip to Afghanistan, civil servants, which will help implement the program of reconstruction.
In addition to Afghanistan, Obama plans to highlight Washington's new strategy towards Pakistan. As the sources of CNN, the President will request the Congress to adopt a bill that increases U.S. assistance to Pakistan three times over the next five years. If this document is approved, Islamabad would receive annually 1.5 billion U.S. dollars.
Earlier, the head of American States said that the troops in Afghanistan will be increased by 17 thousand people. The new addition will help to prepare and provide the Afghan national security forces. It is anticipated that by 2011 the armed forces in Afghanistan will increase to 135 thousand people, and police - to 80 thousand. As it became known, the additional contingent of Americans asked the Afghan government.
A key part of the Obama administration's policies - to intensify the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan and border regions of Pakistan and the terrorist group Al-Qaeda, whose leadership, the available data, based on Pakistani soil. In the coming weeks in The Hague to be held an international conference to resolve the conflict in Afghanistan, with the participation of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.