From the Web (NATO, 12/24/2014”A new chapter in Afghan-NATO ties”- An OPED By NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

As we complete the international combat mission at the end of 2014, we open a new chapter in the relationship between NATO and Afghanistan.

The security of Afghanistan will be fully in the hands of the country’s 350,000 Afghan soldiers and police. But NATO Allies, together with many partner nations, will remain to train, advise and assist them. We are not walking away. (…)

 

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LINK: http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_116341.htm

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