U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (center) talks with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (right) and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah during a NATO meeting in Brussels on December 2.
U.S., Britain Pledge Not To Forsake Afghanistan After December Pullout -- Washington Post
LONDON — The United States and Britain vowed Thursday that they will not abandon Afghanistan even after international combat troops are withdrawn at the end of the month, closing a chapter of a military engagement that began in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Both U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry and British Prime Minister David Cameron, appearing at a conference of nations whose donations help keep Afghanistan financially afloat, said it was in their national interests to continue supporting the struggling country as it enters what they called a “transformation decade.”
“We are committed to ensuring that Afghanistan can never again be used as a safe haven from which terrorists can threaten the international community,” Kerry said. “We know that the most effective way to advance this objective is to support Afghanistan’s political unity and its security.”
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Isn't this a lovely group. You can tell none of them have been out in the sun much.
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