Afghan MPs worry over race for exit

KABUL // As the dust settles on the biggest international conference in Afghanistan for decades, politicians here are convinced that the ground is being prepared for foreign troops to make a quick and chaotic withdrawal from the country.

Officially, the message at Tuesday’s summit in Kabul was that the US and Nato remain committed to the war effort and will leave behind a relatively strong government capable of defending itself when they do eventually pull out.

Reading between the lines, however, members of parliament believe a plan to hand over control of the nation’s security by the end 2014 is in fact confirmation that a race for the exit is under way. -- Shukria Barakzai said the international community had been trying to wash its hands off Afghanistan and the results of the conference were “like the last drop of the water just fell down”. -- Afghan MPs worry over race for exit - The National Newspaper

نشریات کابل: پنجشنبه 31 سرطان
کنفرانس کابل؛ دستاورد بزرگ برای دولت افغانستان؟
احمد رشید: مذاکره با طالبان باید هرچه زودتر شروع شود