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NATO leaders have formally approved plans to transfercombat operations in Afghanistan to Afghan security forces by themiddle of 2013. However, an agreement to reopen NATO supply linesthrough Pakistan never materialized at the alliance's recent summitin Chicago. After more than 10 years of war in Afghanistan following theSeptember 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, leadersof the 28 countries of NATO have agreed to wind down their combatrole. Saying alliance forces are making progress towards defeatingal-Qaida and denying it a safe-haven, President Barack Obamapledged that Afghan forces will take the lead in combat operationsby the middle of next year.
"We"re now unified behind a plan to responsibly winddown the war in Afghanistan, a plan that trains Afghan securityforces, transitions to the Afghans and builds a partnership thatcan endure after our combat mission in Afghanistan ends.,"said President Obama. The Taliban and al-Qaida-linked forces still regularly engage NATOtroops in battle. Analysts say that is why NATO needs to be careful about the speedof the withdrawal. South Asia analyst Lisa Curtis of the Heritage Foundation: "The situation in Afghanistan is still fragile," saidCurtis. "It is still unstable.
The U.S. did make progress in2010 with the surge forces in the south, but the question is canthese gains be consolidated, and I don"t think we can answerthat question right now. And that is why the withdrawal of forcesneeds to be driven by conditions on the ground." NATO has agreed to continue to train, advise and support Afghanforces. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the alliance iscommitted to a long-term partnership with the Afghan people. "So that Afghanistan never again harbors terrorists that canattack us at home and so that Afghans can look forward to a betterfuture in a stable region," he said.
The United States has pledged a continuing engagement inAfghanistan through 2024. Afghan President Hamid Karzai says his country. "To make sure that we take steady and strong steps and arebacked, while we are making those steps toward 2024, whereAfghanistan will be largely defending itself and providing foritself," said Karzai. The conference did not resolve the stalemate over reopening supplylines from Pakistan.
They have been closed since an American airstrike last Novembermistakenly killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. That demonstrates there are still major problems in theU.S.-Pakistan relationship, says analyst Lisa Curtis. "This did not help in terms of demonstrating the way forwardin Afghanistan," she said. "It highlighted instead theproblems that Pakistan still poses to stabilizingAfghanistan." About 130,000 foreign troops remain in Afghanistan. The U.S.
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