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| NATO: No deal means no troops in Afghanistan after 2014 |
| 2014-02-28 |
| [Xinhua] NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has been addressing the issue of Afghanistan, during the talks in Brussels. Rasmussen says if there's no agreement on a US-Afghan security pact, then the alliance will pull all its troops and equipment out of Afghanistan by December. "If the bilateral security agreement between the United States and Afghanistan is not signed there will be no NATO status of forces agreement with Afghanistan and if there is no agreement there will be no NATO troops in Afghanistan after 2014. Let me stress this is not our preferred option. But these are the facts," Anders Fogh Rasmussen said. The B.O. regime was hoping to leave up to 10 thousand troops in Afghanistan after combat operations end on December 31st. They would mainly stay on to train Afghan forces and conduct counter-terrorism missions. US Army Chief, General Martin Dempsey says that the impasse over the security agreement is "encouraging the enemy to take bold actions" and could lead some Afghan forces to cooperate with the Taliban. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Who thinks NATO is any more credible that Champ? O.K. - sure, greater than zero is easy. But they are hanging on Champ's promise. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2014-02-28 13:22 |
| #1 See also INDIAN DEFENCE FORUM > PAKISTANI OFFICIAL: ["Zero option/Troops option" = Total] US WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN IN 2014 [EOY] MEANS "CIVIL WAR". Official expects up to 30% of Afghan National Army will desert ASAP to the Hard Boyz, espec the Taliban. * Also from RELATED DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > PAKISTAN ANGRY AT AFGHAN ARMY UNWILLINGNESS TO STRIKE AT FLEEING TTP, escaping Pak's Army pursuit vee their over-the-border Afghan sanctuaries. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-02-28 00:12 |