Defense

NATO planning pull to out of Afghanistan

NATO says it's going to plan for all options for its future presence in Afghanistan, including a possible pullout of all its troops this year. NATO Head Anders ...

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March 3, 2014 10:05 am

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NATO says it’s going to plan for all options for its future presence in Afghanistan, including a possible pullout of all its troops this year. NATO Head Anders Fogh Rasmussen says NATO was planning to keep a slimmed-down force in Afghanistan after 2014, but President Hamid Karzai’s refusal to sign a security agreement with the United States could force it to pull out all its troops by the end of the year.