11 August,2009 10:57 AM IST | | PTI
The people who planned and executed the 9/11 attack are still operating in the area and plotting attack against the United States, the White House on Tuesday said, adding this is the reason why America continues to be in Afghanistan.
"We should keep in mind that the reason we are in Afghanistan is because the people who plotted and executed the attacks on 9/11 are still operating there and are plotting attacks against Americans even now," White House Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton told reporters abroad Air Force One traveling with US President Barack Obama, en route to Andrews Air Force Base from Mexico.
President Obama, he said, feels that the troops in Afghanistan are operated under some of the most dangerous conditions in the world and they are doing it bravely and with a great amount of courage.
Obama fully supports what the US troops are doing in Afghanistan, he said. The new Af-Pak strategy announced in March this year is still to be fully implemented, he said, adding that the aim of the new strategy is to ensure the defeat of Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
