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NATO chief still hopes to salvage new Afghan mission
February 27, 2014
NATO's chief said on Wednesday he still hoped plans to keep troops in Afghanistan beyond this year could be salvaged despite objections by President Hamid Karzai that have called the mission into question.
NATO plans to keep a scaled-down training mission with around 8,000 to 12,000 soldiers inAfghanistan after international troops end combat operations by year-end.