NATO Is Following The U.S. Lead In Preparing For A Full Afghanistan Exit

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/W75FtSf7Ppo" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>NATO Prepares Full Afghanistan Exit Plan -- Al Jazeera</b></span></div><br />Alliance says it will have to withdraw its 19,000 troops by December if Afghans fail to agree a security pact with US.<br /><br />NATO's secretary general has echoed a US announcement that it is planning to withdraw all of its troops from Afghanistan if a security deal cannot be agreed with the Afghan government.<br /><br />The blunt statement from Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Wednesday ratchets up pressure on the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, to strike a deal with the US.<br /><br />On Tuesday, The US president, Barack Obama, threatened to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan by the end of this year if a pact wasn't signed.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2014/02/nato-prepares-full-afghanistan-exit-plan-2014226131543981353.html">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On NATO Preparing A Full Afghanistan Exit Plan</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nato-chief-backs-obamas-threat-to-karzai-says-alliance-will-pull-out-of-afghanistan-without-bsa/">NATO chief backs Obama's threat to Karzai, says alliance will pull out of Afghanistan without BSA </a>-- CBS/AP<br /><a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140226/nato-must-plan-all-afghan-options-including-pullout">NATO must plan for all Afghan options, including pullout </a>-- Global Post/AFP<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/defense-ministers-say-nato-is-prepared-to-withdraw-all-troops-from-afghanistan/2014/02/26/83c93322-9f01-11e3-878c-65222df220eb_story.html">Defense ministers say NATO is prepared to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan</a> -- Washington Post<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/nato-head-no-afghan-deal-means-no-troops-past-14/2014/02/26/16c00c10-9eed-11e3-878c-65222df220eb_story.html">NATO head: No Afghan deal means no troops past ‘14 </a>-- Washington Post/AP<br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-nato-afghanistan-20140226,0,6307655.story#axzz2uNeB0K5Y">NATO puts pressure on Afghanistan to sign troop agreement</a> -- L.A. Times<br /><a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304255604579406764111706686?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304255604579406764111706686.html">NATO Warns Afghanistan Over Security Agreement </a>-- Wall Street Journal<br /><a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2014/02/26/NATO-role-in-Afghanistan-may-be-limited/UPI-79671393426571/">NATO role in Afghanistan may be limited </a>-- UPI<br /><a href="http://www.stripes.com/news/nato-plans-for-early-afghan-exit-1.270038">NATO plans for early Afghan exit</a> -- Stars and Stripes

NATO Is Following The U.S. Lead In Preparing For A Full Afghanistan Exit

NATO Prepares Full Afghanistan Exit Plan -- Al Jazeera Alliance says it will have to withdraw its 19,000 troops by December if Afghans fail ...

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