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Chicago NATO Summit 2012 Declaration
Issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Chicago on 20 May 2012 We, the Heads of State and Government of the member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance, have gathered in Chicago to renew our commitment to our vital transatlantic bond; take stock of [...]
NATO allies focus on ending unpopular Afghan war
US President Barack Obama and NATO allies will focus Monday on logistical aspects of ending the protracted Afghan war after President Hamid Karzai vowed his country will no longer be a “burden” for the international community. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari’s attendance at the summit here had raised hopes his government was ready to lift [...]
Reopening Pakistani routes crucial for NATO exit plan
With Pakistan so far unwilling to reopen supply routes to Afghanistan, NATO faces a potential logistical nightmare as it prepares for a costly withdrawal of military hardware over the next two years. In the run-up a NATO summit that opened Sunday, US and Pakistani officials had signaled growing optimism that a deal would be clinched [...]
NATO a step closer to getting out of Afghan war
NATO took a step closer to getting out of the Afghan war on Sunday as the Kabul government announced local forces would take over control of security in a large new slice of the country. In the third phase of a five-tranche military transition process, 122 more districts throughout Afghanistan will come under local command, [...]
NATO allies to debate Afghan war
NATO foreign and defence ministers gather for two days of talks Wednesday expected to focus on their troop withdrawal from Afghanistan as a Taliban onslaught underscores difficulties in ending the decade-old war. The talks will lay the groundwork for a summit hosted by US President Barack Obama in Chicago on May 20-21 to map out [...]
Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan Provides Grim Lessons for the US Exit
Because the Soviet Union is no more, it is relatively easy to both forget that it spent almost a decade in Afghanistan, and dismiss the possibility that there is anything to be learned from Moscow’s experience in that long-benighted country. The Soviet Union was one of the big losers, on the world stage as well [...]
60% of Americans say Afghan war not worth cost: poll
Sixty percent of Americans believe the war in Afghanistan is not worth its costs, and nearly the same number advocate an early US pullout from the country, a new poll showed. The survey by ABC News and The Washington Post indicated that the number of skeptics was nearly double the 35 percent saying the decade-long [...]
Taliban back peace talks but warn no surrender
Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents warned Thursday that their support of peace talks did not mean they had given up fighting or accepted the constitution of the “stooge” government in Kabul. The comments came as the United States announced that it would send a senior official to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai next week to see whether [...]
Taliban reject Afghan-US deal
The Taliban on Sunday rejected as a “show” the endorsement by a traditional assembly of a strategic partnership deal with the United States that could allow its troops to remain in Afghanistan for years. In a statement sent to media, the Islamist militant group said the assembly, or loya jirga, which ended Saturday was orchestrated [...]
