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  Alexander - of course they would not state that, it is an unstated reason for diplomatic reasons.
  
  The reason for going in to Afghanistan in the first place was its use as a training camp for terrorists and to get rid of the Taliban regime that was sponsoring them. The reason for staying in 'ghan is to support the new government and help them with fighting the Taliban while training their own police and army units. Pakistan's nuclear weapons and their vulnerability to the Taliban is just another reason for being there and a very good one, possibly the most important of all.
  
  We have to hope that the Afghan government will be militarily strong enough to stand on its own two feet by then and to defend itself against the crazies.

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