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NATO backs U.S.-led training force for Afghanistan
Source: Reuters
NATO backs U.S.-led training force for Afghanistan
BY ROBIN EMMOTT
BRUSSELS Tue Dec 2, 2014 1:27pm EST
(Reuters) - NATO foreign ministers agreed on Tuesday to launch a new training mission for Afghanistan next year, replacing combat troops who pull out by the end of the year after 13 years of war.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the new mission, named Resolute Support, will start on Jan. 1, 2015, the day after the NATO combat mission ends, to train and assist Afghan security forces in their conflict with Taliban fighters.
"Afghanistan's future is now in the hands of Afghans," Stoltenberg told NATO foreign ministers seated around an oval table in the Western alliance's headquarters.
While Afghanistan's military and police remain in control of all 34 provincial capitals, violence has risen in the last year and the rate of casualties suffered by local security forces has been described by the U.S. military as unsustainable.
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BY ROBIN EMMOTT
BRUSSELS Tue Dec 2, 2014 1:27pm EST
(Reuters) - NATO foreign ministers agreed on Tuesday to launch a new training mission for Afghanistan next year, replacing combat troops who pull out by the end of the year after 13 years of war.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the new mission, named Resolute Support, will start on Jan. 1, 2015, the day after the NATO combat mission ends, to train and assist Afghan security forces in their conflict with Taliban fighters.
"Afghanistan's future is now in the hands of Afghans," Stoltenberg told NATO foreign ministers seated around an oval table in the Western alliance's headquarters.
While Afghanistan's military and police remain in control of all 34 provincial capitals, violence has risen in the last year and the rate of casualties suffered by local security forces has been described by the U.S. military as unsustainable.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/02/us-afghanistan-nato-idUSKCN0JG20P20141202