No decision to pull troops out of Afghanistan: Gates

Addressing the media after meeting with the British Defence Secretary Liam Fox, the United Defence Secretary Robert Gates said that top NATO commander in Afghanistan will soon deliver his advice on how many US troops should be withdrawn from Afghanistan.President Barrack Obama has promised to begin a drawdown in July of the roughly 100,000 American troops deployed in Afghanistan, but officials have yet to say how many forces will be pulled out.Most senior military leaders are wary of a rapid withdrawal in Afghanistan but some advisers in the White House want to see more than a merely symbolic pullout, amid growing public opposition to the war.General David Petraeus and other commanders have reported major progress in operations in the south, pushing back insurgents following a surge of US and allied troops.