Leaders Renew Vows of Support for Afghanistan - nytimes

KABUL, Afghanistan — American, European and other foreign leaders met here Tuesday to pledge anew their support for Afghanistan as they committed to complete transition of security and budgeting responsibility to the Afghan government by 2014. They acknowledged that neither the people of their own countries nor those in Afghanistan had much patience left. -Leaders Renew Vows of Support for Afghanistan
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