Afghanistan War News Updates -- May 22, 2012

President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and the NATO secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, were seen on a screen Monday during the last day of the two-day conference in Chicago. Doug Mills/The New York Times

Obama: Americans Can’t Wait For ‘Perfect’ Afghanistan Before Withdrawal -- Yahoo News/The Ticket

President Barack Obama on Monday acknowledged "risks" in his decision to withdraw U.S. combat forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2014 but said war-weary Americans can't wait for that strife-torn country to be "perfect."

"I don't think that there is ever going to be an optimal point where we say, this is all done, this is perfect, this is just the way we wanted it and now we can wrap up all our equipment and go home," Obama said at a press conference at the end of a two-day NATO summit in his hometown of Chicago.

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NATO Agrees on Afghan Security Transition in 2013 -- New York Times
Terror warning as Obama says war in Afghanistan is nearly over... raising fears insurgents could strike back -- Daily Mail
Nato endorses Afghanistan withdrawal timetable -- BBC
NATO traces path out of Afghanistan -- AFP
Summit Charts NATO Course in Afghanistan, for Future -- Defpro
Obama says US strategy in Afghanistan is ‘sound’ as it withdraws troops -- Washington Post/AP
Obama: Gains in Afghanistan fragile as Taliban remains "robust" -- CBS
Obama confident Afghans can take security lead -- CBS/AP

War In Afghanistan News 22 May 2012 -- War on Terror News
Soldier accidentally shot by sniper comrade in Afghanistan, inquest hears -- The Telegraph
Al-Qaeda likely to re-emerge in Afghanistan after NATO pullout -- ANI
NATO to shed combat command in Afghanistan by mid-2013 -- Christian Science Monitor

U.S. officials: Ambassador Crocker to step down from Afghan post -- CNN
Exclusive: U.S. envoy to Afghanistan to step down shortly -- Reuters
US Afghanistan envoy Ryan Crocker to step down -- The Telegraph
US ambassador to Afghanistan 'plans to quit' -- AFP

Francois Hollande: France has done its duty in Afghanistan -- The Telegraph
Kiwi troops leave Afghanistan early -- NZHerald
Hungary to Continue Role in Afghanistan -- Wall Street Journal
Australia to Spend $300M More Beyond Diggers’ Withdrawal from Afghanistan -- International Business Times

Taliban tightens grip on Afghan schools -- CNN
Behind the Cover Story: Luke Mogelson on Emergency Medicine in Afghanistan -- New York Times
Afghanistan: exit with no strategy -- Guardian editorial