Nato chief and defence ministers of 28 countries together with their counterparts from 20 other nations participating in Isaf, met on Friday at Nato headquarters to discuss security transition in Afghanistan.
It is seen as a crucial step for Nato troops to start withdrawal from the country.
Nato has endorsed a transition plan that lists the first batch of provinces and districts to be turned over to Afghan control, the alliance's chief said on Friday.
The Nato chief declined to give details about the transition plan, which is set to be approved by the Afghan government and unveiled by the Afghanistan's Caped President
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on March 21.
The officials have said that six areas including Lashkargah, Herat, and Mazar-e-Sharif, Bamyan, Panjshir and Kabul except for the Suroobi district, are on the transition list.
Nato countries are eager to pull their soldiers out of Afghanistan and want to complete the transition process in Afghanistan by the end of 2014.
There are around 152,000 foreign forces in the country.
The number of Afghan National Army recruits is 174,600 now which will be increased to more than 200,000 by the end of 2011.