"NATO to leave Afghanistan in 2014”

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday NATO would end operations in Afghanistan by the end of 2014.

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Thursday, 02.02.2012.

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NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday NATO would end operations in Afghanistan by the end of 2014. Rasmussen said this commenting on France’s decision to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2013, a year before the planned deadline. "NATO to leave Afghanistan in 2014” The U.S. has also announced that it intends to end combat operations in Afghanistan before the end of next year in order to gradually hand over full security leadership in the country to the Afghan army by the end of 2014. “It is of course of crucial importance that this change of role takes place in a coordinated manner," Rasmussen said ahead of a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels. The NATO defense ministers will discuss the situation in Afghanistan during the two-day meeting. The U.S. has also announced that it will drastically cut down the number of its troops in Europe. The defense ministers are scheduled to briefly discuss Kosovo on Friday but they are not expected to change their positions that “the KFOR mission is performing its duties impartially and in a status neutral manner in order to create room for a political solution”. Anders Fogh Rasmussen is seen at the meeting in Brussels (Beta) B92 Beta Tanjug

"NATO to leave Afghanistan in 2014”

The U.S. has also announced that it intends to end combat operations in Afghanistan before the end of next year in order to gradually hand over full security leadership in the country to the Afghan army by the end of 2014.

“It is of course of crucial importance that this change of role takes place in a coordinated manner," Rasmussen said ahead of a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels.

The NATO defense ministers will discuss the situation in Afghanistan during the two-day meeting. The U.S. has also announced that it will drastically cut down the number of its troops in Europe.

The defense ministers are scheduled to briefly discuss Kosovo on Friday but they are not expected to change their positions that “the KFOR mission is performing its duties impartially and in a status neutral manner in order to create room for a political solution”.

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