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Agence France-Presse December 22, 2009 NATO will 'stay the course' in Afghanistan: chief KABUL: Visiting NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Tuesday reiterated the alliance's commitment to Afghanistan, saying troops will stay for as long as necessary despite paying a high price. .... Rasmussen is visiting Afghanistan for the first time since NATO allies pledged 6,800 extra troops to fight alongside an additional 30,000 US soldiers committed by US President Barack Obama to the war against the Taliban. .... Rasmussen said the price of leaving Afghanistan too early could be far higher than that incurred by staying, referring to the deaths of international troops, nearing 500 for this year alone. The 113,000 NATO and US troops in Afghanistan battling a Taliban-led insurgency are paying as "heavy a price"..., he said. "But we know... that the price of leaving too early would be far higher so we will stay the course," he said, speaking at a media conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Rasmussen said the deployment of almost 40,000 extra US and NATO troops over the coming year will create momentum for a new phase in development. "I am confident that the troop surge will improve the security situation," he said. The extra troops are expected to deploy by late 2010 and analysts say more foreign troops will inevitably mean more deaths. =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: rwroz...@yahoo.com or stopnato-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Daily digest option available. ============================== --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: arch...@mail-archive.com EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bNM5nn.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: antinato-unsubscr...@topica.com For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=TEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------
