Nato to exit Afghanistan by 2014
Nato said today it would hand over security in Afghanistan to Afghan forces by the end of 2014 but the head of the alliance said it would not abandon the country in its fight against the Taliban. Opening the second day of a summit attended by the 48 countries fighting in Afghanistan and Afghan president Hamid Karzai, Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the alliance would start handing over authority to Afghan forces next year and hoped to complete the process by the end of 2014. “Today marks the beginning of a new phase in our mission in Afghanistan. We will launch the process by which the Afghan government will take leadership for security…
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Nato to exit Afghanistan by 2014
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