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04/04/2008: "Does NATO Want Out of Afghanistan?"

In public, NATO is demanding that all allies contribute their fair share to the ongoing effort in Afghanistan. But behind closed doors, a paper has been circulated that may provide the beginnings of an exit strategy. Germany is pushing the plan.

[ If we pull out, there are fears that Afghanistan will be a safe training place for al qaeda. So, instead of training terrorists in the Lake District of England (as revealed in a recent trial) they will move to Kabul. ]



http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,545348,00.html