No quick exit for troops in Afghanistan, Nato head says

Source: The Guardian

Kabul conference told that coalition troops will remain in supportive role even after full transition to Afghan-led security

Jon Boone in Kabul
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 20 July 2010 08.57 BST

There will be no quick exit for international forces from Afghanistan, the secretary general of Nato warned this morning at a high-level conference in Kabul.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen told the meeting of foreign ministers that coalition troops would stay in the country even after Afghan troops have taken complete control of security.

He said that when full transition finally happens, "international forces won't leave, they will simply move into a supportive role".

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/20/afghanistan-troops-no-quick-exit

Korea.

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mark

lol

(already been chewed)

the wars. It was not very much of a problem for them to transcend back into a functioning society with a little help from the USA. That is not the case in Afghanistan. Most in Afghanistan are completely illiterate and have no idea about how a country is supposed to operate. Are we to spend two billion a week forever?