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| Afghan meeting agrees handover targets: draft |
| 2010-01-29 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Security in some Afghan provinces will be handed to Afghan security forces from later this year, says a draft communique of a major international conference on Thursday on Afghanistan's future. The document says Afghanistan and the international community are "entering into a new phase on the way to full Afghan ownership" of the nation's future after nearly eight years of conflict. Afghan forces will take control of security from NATO-led forces "as rapidly as possible," with the handover in some provinces to be carried out possibly "by late 2010/early 2011," it said. |
| Posted by:Fred |