In a speech to a think-tank [American Enterprise Institute] in Washington, Bush said the United States would provide 3,200 extra troops, and that he would ask Congress for $11.8 billion in aid to Afghanistan over the next two years. "We've extended the stay of 3,200 troops now in [Afghanistan] for four months and we'll deploy a replacement force that will sustain this increase for the foreseeable future. The forces and funds are going to help [Afghan] President [Hamid] Karzai defeat common enemies."

Bush also said NATO countries must provide their forces with the troops and equipment they need to fight the Taliban, and that they must lift restrictions on how their troops operate.

He also said "remarkable progress" had been achieved in Afghanistan, but that the enemy had "struck back with a vengeance" in 2006.