No early exit from Afghanistan: NATO chief

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - International forces should not expect to withdraw from Afghanistan in the near future, NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Monday, adding that a new U.S. strategy for the country was realistic.

"Two billion is a lot of money, but only if you look at it in isolation," he said, quoting a "very informal calculation" that the war was costing NATO and its allies about $42 billion a year.
No early exit from Afghanistan: NATO chief