Afghan leader: foreign troops may be needed 10 years

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Afghan leader: foreign troops may be needed 10 years

27 Jan 2006 20:22:47 GMT
Source: Reuters

By Evelyn Leopold

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Afghanistan may need foreign troops for another 5-10 years
to combat terrorism and insurgents, President Hamid Karzai said on Friday.

Karzai said his government was constructing jails to get some 100 Afghans back from U.S. prisons
in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which houses about 500 inmates. The construction, he said, would take about
two years.

"When the Afghans leave that facility, it's none of our business what happens there," he said
in answer to queries about prisoners kept in detention for years without charges.

He was speaking to journalists at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos.

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