U.S President Barack Obama has formally ended the U.S. combat role in Iraq after seven long years of bloodshed.
In his address to the nation from the oval office, President Barack Obama declared that Iraqi people must now take the lead in charting their destiny. He argued that Americans had met their responsibility in Iraq. Some 50,000 American troops are left in Iraq on a training and counter-terrorism mission until the end of the next year. President Obama also called on Iraq’s factions to end the long deadlock over forming a government after March's inconclusive elections.
Turning to Afghanistan, the American president said us forces would begin withdrawing from the country next year.
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