NATO's three-point plan for Afghanistan revealed
NATO’s secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen has revealed the alliance’s three-point plan for Afghanistan following the completion of combat operations at the end of the year.
Following a meeting of political and military leaders at the NATO Summit in Newport, Wales, on 4 September, Rasmussen said the new mission would comprise a training mission; enduring financial backing through to 2017; and continued partnership between NATO and the Afghanistan government.
Specifically, Rasmussen announced that the ‘non-combat mission’ would be launched early next year, pending agreement from Afghanistan’s government.
The new ‘train, assist and advise’ mission has yet to be signed off by
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