NATO forces have left the south of Afghanistan

NATO forces have left the south of Afghanistan

http://www.voiceofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Afghanistan.jpg

The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, left the camp a day after their transfer to the jurisdiction of the National Army of the country

ABU DHABI, October 27. Recent military units left the US and UK base Camp Leatherneck and Camp Bestion in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. This was reported by local media.

According to them, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF) left the camp day after their transfer to the jurisdiction of the Afghan National Army. All this time, personnel and equipment were transported by air to the airport in Kandahar province. There were airlifted about 1000 Troops.

In May this year, US President Barack Obama announced the decision to proceed to the final withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan. It is assumed that the number of US troops in the country will be reduced to the beginning of 2015 to 9800 People, then within a year has decreased approximately by half, and at the end of 2016 there will leave the last American soldiers and officers. Until now, the United States remained on Afghan territory about 30 000 of its soldiers.

Formerly Kabul and NATO leaders signed an agreement on the status of the international military presence on Afghan territory. His signing was held following the approval of the Afghan-US bilateral agreement on security, the United States is expected to maintain a limited armed groups on the territory of Afghanistan after the withdrawal of the main forces of NATO at the end of this year.

 

#ArmyNewsAfghanistan, #MilitaryOfAfghanistan, #NatoForcesAfghanistan, #NatoForcesKilledInAfghanistan, #NatoInterventionInAfghanistan, #UnitedStatesWarInAfghanistan, #UsMilitaryInvolvementInAfghanistan, #UsMilitaryTroopsInAfghanistan