NATO considers path out of Afghanistan
The New York Times is reporting that the United States will prpose a four year phased withdrawal from Afghanistan. It is expected that the plan will see the conclusion of US combat activties and the withdrawal of NATO forces from the country by 2014.
For more on this story, see the New York Times.
Assessments of ongoing violence in the conflict suggest that conditions are not improving. See the BBC for a full story.
For more on the conflict in Afghanistan, please see the IDCR Afghanistan Watch pages.
