Afghans can take over if French troops pull out: Official

May 07, 2012 13:53

In other news, the first thing on president-elect Francois Hollande's agenda seems to be the withdrawal of French troops in Afghanistan if the country is ready to take responsibility for security, by 2014.

Hollande made a campaign promise to pull French soldiers out of Afghanistan this year, ending his country's combat role two years earlier than NATO's carefully crafted plan to hand security control to Afghans by 2014.

Reacting to the pledge, Afghan ministry spokesman General Mohammad Zahir Azimi said, "For us a NATO stance is more important than individual
decisions by individual nations and Afghanistan is well prepared to take over all security responsibilities in 2013."

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