NATO fine-tunes Afghan exit strategy at summit
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — NATO is expected to set a 2014 target for handing over security to Afghans at a summit that starts here Friday, as the alliance’s appetite for the conflict dwindles after nine years of fighting, growing European war angst, and renewed criticism by Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The allies appear to agree the target year is realistic, but that hardly means the war is ending. The U.S. is wary of giving the impression that the original aim of invading Afghanistan in 2001 – to deny al-Qaida a base to launch more terrorist attacks on the West – will be achieved by then. So NATO plans to pledge an enduring partnership with Afghanistan at the two-day Lisbon summit, while…
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