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Afghanistan
Allies to Leave Afghanistan when ‘Conditions on Ground’ Permits: NATO
2020-10-10
[KhaamaPress] NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
 asserted Thursday its members would consult and decide "together" on when to leave Afghanistan, according to sources, after the United States President Donald Trump
...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party...
 announced to bring its troops home by Christmas.

While it remained unclear whether the announcement was an official heads-up on troops withdrawal, Trump has occasionally been tweeting on the timeline for ending America’s longest war.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg exclaimed the alliance’s longstanding position that it will end its mission in Afghanistan only when "conditions on the ground" permit.

"We decided to go into Afghanistan together, we will make decisions on future adjustments together, and when the time is right, we will leave together," said Stoltenberg at a news conference after talks with North Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, as La Belle France 24 quoted.

"We will make decisions based on the conditions on the ground, because we think it is extremely important to continue to be committed to the future of Afghanistan, because it is in our interest to preserve the long term security of Afghanistan," he added.

Foreign troops withdrawal from Afghanistan is based on an agreement between the US and Taliban
...Arabic for students...
, which paved the way for intra-Afghan negotiations to be held, determining a political settlement in Afghanistan.
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Posted by:trailing wife

#3  Still time on the CIA contract to sell some poppy seeds. They also need another year or so to extract some more rare earth metals. Then they should be ready to leave.
Posted by: Clem   2020-10-10 13:05  

#2  They depend on the ever present (and expensive!) global USAF logistics arm. When it leaves they will leave.
Posted by: magpie   2020-10-10 12:01  

#1  "We don't pay attention to Trump. The war will never end!"
Posted by: Muggsy Hapsburg5230   2020-10-10 04:25  

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