NATO agrees Afghan plan, but says no rush to exit

TALLINN (Reuters) - NATO ministers Friday agreed conditions to start handing over security responsibility in Afghanistan to Afghan forces this year, but the alliance said this would not mean a rush to leave the country.

"It will not be a pullout. It will not be a run for the exit," Rasmussen told a news conference after a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in the Estonian capital Tallinn.

NATO agrees Afghan plan, but says no rush to exit