Saturday January 25, 2014
Kabul (BNA) NATO military committee chief has said NATO was preparing to assist Afghanistan in the upcoming presidential elections. General chiefs of staff of 28 NATO member countries in their 170th sessions held in Brussels discussed related to new NATO mission in Afghanistan.
NATO military committee chief has said during the two-day session, representatives of NATO member countries reviewed on their preparations related to upcoming presidential and provincial council elections.
The session decided NATO would hold talks with Afghanistan government related to NATO new mission in the country, continuing of NATO’s support from ANSF and legal framework for presence of NATO forces in Afghanistan.
“Currently NATO is working with Afghanistan government related to a legal framework for new mission titled ‘supporting role’ in Afghanistan. Based on this framework, we will organize our programs as mentoring, training, advising and supporting ANSF beyond 2014.
NATO has agreed to work with Afghanistan government on an agreement letting NATO keep on its mission in Afghanistan.