NATO leaders to keep troop levels in Afghanistan stable: secretary-generalWARSAW, Poland--NATO allies agreed Saturday to maintain a stable military presence in Afghanistan, bolstered by U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to make a smaller cut in U.S. troop levels than planned. Obama has been urging NATO leaders gathered in Warsaw to expand their support for the war against the Taliban. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the allies also made commitments to continue to fund the Afghan security forces through 2020 and are "close to" the needed US$5 billion per year. "We are very close and I am certain we will reach that level," Stoltenberg told reporters following a meeting on Afghanistan on the second day of a NATO summit. A senior U.S. administration official said NATO has commitments for about 90 percent of the goal.

Source: The China Post July 09, 2016 16:16 UTC