Leaders gathered at the NATO summit in Warsaw have pledged to continue training Afghan security forces into 2017 and to provide nearly $1 billion each year to support Afghan forces through 2020. Together with contributions from the United States, that will mean the western alliance will continue to provide around $5 billion per year for Afghan security forces.
The United States recently announced it will slow its withdrawal of troops, keeping 8,400 in Afghanistan through the end of President Barack Obama’s presidency in early 2017. In Warsaw, NATO allies and partners said they would keep more than 11,000 troops in Afghanistan …read more
Source: Voice of America
