{"id":30611,"date":"2013-03-21T17:16:39","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T16:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail\/2013\/03\/21\/294673\/karzai-welcomes-nato-pullout-plan\/"},"modified":"2013-03-21T17:16:39","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T16:16:39","slug":"karzai-welcomes-nato-pullout-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/karzai-welcomes-nato-pullout-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Karzai welcomes NATO pullout plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"divDetailBody\">\n<p>Afghan President Hamid Karzai has welcomed an announcement by US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) about the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan\u2019s Maidan Wardak Province.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>On Thursday, Karzai also said that \u201cThe decision for withdrawal follows repeated local complaints of harassment and annoyance by the American Special Forces, and a decision by the National Security Council as well as a presidential order.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nOn Wednesday, President Karzai and Commander of US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) General Joseph Dunford agreed on a plan for phased withdrawal of coalition forces from the area.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGen. Joseph F. Dunford, the ISAF commander, met with President Karzai at the Palace earlier today to finalize the details on the way forward in Wardak Province,\u201d the ISAF said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThe US-led forces will first withdraw from Nerkh District, which is currently controlled by afghan Local Police (ALP) aided by the Coalition forces, and then from other districts.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the agreement, the Afghan government will soon move Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) into the area.<\/p>\n<p>The statement did not mention the exact date for the withdrawal, only noting, \u201cThe timeline for moving the ANSF into Nerkh District will be determined by the Afghan Government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Late in February Karzai accused US Special Forces of killings and torturing villagers in Wardak Province and order them to leave the area within two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline expired at midnight Saturday, March 9.<\/p>\n<p>Karzai issued the order only days after US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta unveiled a proposal during a NATO meeting in Brussels, suggesting that US and European forces remain in Afghanistan beyond the 2014 withdrawal plan.<\/p>\n<p>The US invaded Afghanistan in October 2001 under the pretext of combating terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>The offensive removed the Taliban from power, but insecurity continues to rise across the country despite the presence of thousands of US-led soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>MAM\/JR\/SL<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Afghan President Hamid Karzai has welcomed an announcement by US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) about the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan&rsquo;s Maidan Wardak Province.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>On Thursday, Karzai also said that &ldquo;The decision for withdrawal follows repeated local complaints of harassment and annoyance by the American Special Forces, and a decision by the National Security Council as well as a presidential order.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nOn Wednesday, President Karzai and Commander of US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) General Joseph Dunford agreed on a plan for phased withdrawal of coalition forces from the area.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, the ISAF commander, met with President Karzai at the Palace earlier today to finalize the details on the way forward in Wardak Province,&rdquo; the ISAF said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThe US-led forces will first withdraw from Nerkh District, which is currently controlled by afghan Local Police (ALP) aided by the Coalition forces, and then from other districts.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the agreement, the Afghan government will soon move Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) into the area.<\/p>\n<p>The statement did not mention the exact date for the withdrawal, only noting, &ldquo;The timeline for moving the ANSF into Nerkh District will be determined by the Afghan Government.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Late in February Karzai accused US Special Forces of killings and torturing villagers in Wardak Province and order them to leave the area within two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline expired at midnight Saturday, March 9.<\/p>\n<p>Karzai issued the order only days after US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta unveiled a proposal during a NATO meeting in Brussels, suggesting that US and European forces remain in Afghanistan beyond the 2014 withdrawal plan.<\/p>\n<p>The US invaded Afghanistan in October 2001 under the pretext of combating terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>The offensive removed the Taliban from power, but insecurity continues to rise across the country despite the presence of thousands of US-led soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>MAM\/JR\/SL<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-breaking-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}