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Summary Rasmussen has said that NATO could withdraw its troops from Afghanistan even earlier than 2014.
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that Afghan security forces step forward and take more and more responsibility, foreign troops can take a step backwards. He said that the NATO forces can gradually change from mainly combat to mainly support.Rasmussen stated that it was part of the strategy of the enemies of Afghanistan to undermine trust and confidence between the Afghan security forces and the foreign troops, adding that it was also part of a strategy to undermine public and political support for NATO mission in Afghanistan.
