France Shake-up Alters NATO’s Afghan War Plan -- Defense News/AFP
BRUSSELS — After pledging to speed up France's pullout from Afghanistan, incoming President Francois Hollande will soon have to reassure NATO allies about his decision to end combat earlier than planned.
Hollande made a campaign promise to start bringing 3,300 French soldiers home this year, ending his country's combat role two years earlier than NATO's carefully crafted plan to fully hand security control to Afghans by 2014.
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My Comment: The Afghans feel confident that they will be able to take over from the French. For their sake .... I hope that they are right.
Update #1: What the French elections could mean for Afghan security -- Christian Science Monitor
Update #2: Election Puts French Afghan Force on Notice -- New York Times
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