Ahead of Monday night's presidential debate on foreign policy, President Barack Obama's campaign released an ad attacking Mitt Romney over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and praising Obama for his response to them.

"A decade of war that cost us dearly. And now, for president, a clear choice," a narrator says. "President Obama ended the Iraq War, Mitt Romney would have left 30,000 troops there ... and called bringing them home 'tragic.'"

"Obama’s brought 30,000 soldiers back from Afghanistan. And has a responsible plan to end the war. Romney calls it Obama’s 'biggest mistake,'" the narrator says.

"It’s time to stop fighting over there, and start rebuilding here."

What the ad doesn't mention is that Obama decided to add 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan in 2009, and that the so-called surge has since ended. The New York Times reports that American officials think the Taliban will regain the territory the troops fought to control.

Romney has said that he support's Obama's 2014 withdrawal timeline for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, but that he would rely more on military commanders' judgment. Despite Vice President Joe Biden's statement in a recent debate that "we are leaving in 2014, period," Foreign Policy reported that negotiations are starting soon to govern an agreement for troops past the deadline.

Unlike Afghanistan, Iraq has not been a major part of the campaign. In a foreign policy speech earlier this month, Romney criticized Obama for an "abrupt withdrawal" of troops from Iraq. The war ended under Obama's watch, but President George W. Bush signed the Status Of Forces Agreement in 2008 to withdraw the troops.

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  • Start of War: Oct. 7, 2001

    <em>American soldiers hide behind a barricade during an explosion, prior to fighting with Taliban forces November 26, 2001 at the fortress near Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)</em>

  • Number of U.S. Troops in Afghanistan: 88,000

    <em>US Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed from the USS Bataan's Amphibious Ready Group arrive December 14, 2001 at an undisclosed location with field gear and weapons. (Photo by Johnny Bivera/Getty Images)</em>

  • Number of Troops at War's Peak

    <em>U.S. Marines begin to form up their convoy at a staging area near Kandahar, Afghanistan, as they await orders to begin their trek to Kandahar to take control of the airfield 13 December, 2001. (DAVE MARTIN/AFP/Getty Images)</em><br><br> Number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan at the war's peak: About 101,000 in 2010. Allies provided about 40,000.

  • Withdrawal Plans

    <em>U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a televised address from the East Room of the White House on June 22, 2011 in Washington, D.C. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais-Pool/Getty Images)</em><br><br> Withdrawal plans: 23,000 U.S. troops expected to come home by the end of the summer, leaving about 68,000 in Afghanistan. Most U.S. troops expected to be out of Afghanistan by the end of 2014, though the U.S. is expected to maintain a sizeable force of military trainers and a civilian diplomatic corps.

  • Number of U.S. Casualties

    <em>American flags, each one representing the 4,454 American soldiers killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, move in the breeze at The Christ Congregational United Church March 17, 2008 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)</em><br><br> Number of U.S. casualties: At least 1,828 members of the U.S. military killed as of Tuesday, according to an Associated Press count. According to the Defense Department, 15,786 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action.

  • Afghan Civilian Casualties

    <em>Asan Bibi, 9, sits on a bench as burn cream is applied to her at Mirwais hospital October 13, 2009 Kandahar, Afghanistan. She, her sister and mother were badly burned when a helicopter fired into their tent in the middle of the night on October 3rd, according to their father. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)</em><br><br> Afghan civilian casualties: According to the United Nations, 11,864 civilians were killed in the conflict between 2007, when the U.N. began reporting statistics, and the end of 2011.

  • Cost of the War

    <em>An Iraqi man counts money behind a pile of American dollars in his currency exchange bureau in Baghdad on April 11, 2012. (ALI AL-SAADI/AFP/Getty Images)</em><br><br> Cost of the war: $443 billion from fiscal year 2001 through fiscal year 2011, according to the Congressional Research Service.

  • Number of Times Obama Has Visited Afghanistan

    <em>US President Barack Obama speaks to troops during a visit to Bagram Air Field on May 1, 2012 in Afghanistan. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) </em><br><br> Number of times Obama has visited Afghanistan: 3 as president, including Tuesday, and 1 as a presidential candidate.