Karzai names Nato pullout areas

[Devil Soul]

Karzai names areas to be handed over to Afghan forces

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has named seven areas of the country which will pass from control by foreign troops into Afghan hands in July.

They are the relatively peaceful provinces of Kabul, Panjshir and Bamiyan and the cities of Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, and Mehtarlam.

But he also named Lashkar Gah, capital of the troubled Helmand province.

The handover is seen as a critical step in a transition of power before foreign troops end combat operations in 2014.

"The people of Afghanistan don't want that foreigners take responsibility for security any more," President Karzai said.

The BBC's Quentin Somerville in Kabul says that despite rising casualty numbers, the surge of extra American troops and tens of thousands of new Afghan police and soldiers has improved security in a number of areas in the country.
BBC News - Karzai names areas to be handed over to Afghan forces

 

[Ahmad]

useless, why did he name Laghman, Herat, Kabul, Bamyan, panjshir, Balkh etc? nato troops were not needed in these places in the first place.

 

[Leader]

useless, why did he name Laghman, Herat, Kabul, Bamyan, panjshir, Balkh etc? nato troops were not needed in these places in the first place.

so whch areas you suggest "Afghan" forces should take over?

 

[Ahmad]

As i said before, nato were not needed in these areas, even if they were needed, there was no any security prblem in these places, their pull out from these areas should have been done years back. I think to start with Logar, Wardak, and maybe large part of ghanzi, Nimroz, Takhar etc.