NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasumssen
Rasmussen: 'We Will Not Abandon Afghanistan' -- Deutsche Welle
NATO will end its combat mission by the end of 2014 as planned, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasumssen told DW. International forces will, however, continue to offer support.
You will serve as NATO secretary general until summer 2014. A couple of months later, the last NATO combat soldier will leave Afghanistan. Are you confident that both NATO's mission and your personal mission can be accomplished by then?
Yes, I am confident that Afghan security forces will be able to take full responsibility for the full security all over Afghanistan by the end of 2014 as we have planned.
Some 50 NATO have been killed this year by members of the Afghanistan army or police, and the number of these so-called insider attacks continues to grow. I wonder if NATO can stick to its timetable for the pullout?
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