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May 11th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Lt Gen Adrian Bradshaw, the deputy Nato chief in Afghanistan, said that
alliance commanders “very much hope” that French forces will
remain active in Afghanistan for several more years.
Mr Cameron will meet Mr Hollande for the first time next week, first at a
Group of Eight meeting at Camp David, then at the Chicago summit, which
starts a week on Sunday.
Lt Gen Bradshaw said French troops are making a vital contribution in
Afghanistan and said he believed it “remains a very strong possibility”
that Mr Hollande will be persuaded to delay a French withdrawal.
“They will take the decisions that they have to take based on their
political requirements,” he said. “We very much hope that they
will find a way to remain active participants in this coalition through to
the end of 2014. And we think that still remains a strong possibility.”
Barack Obama’s administration said this week it has sent a team of officials
to Paris for early meetings with Mr Hollande’s advisers in the hope of
delaying the French withdrawal.
The Chicago meeting is scheduled to fix the timetable for Nato to hand over
security operations in Afghanistan to Afghan forces over the next two years.
The potential turmoil that could follow an early Nato withdrawal from
Afghanistan was highlighted by last month’s wave of Taliban attacks on the
capital Kabul, one of the most brazen assaults on the city since the US led
invasion 10 years ago.
It comes as the Afghan government prepares to announce the handover of the
last British-controlled area of Helmand, opening the way for the possible
return home next year of thousands of British troops.
Nahr-e Saraj district is likely to be named among 230 areas to begin transfer
to Afghan control, British officials in Kabul believe.
The announcement from Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, which may come as
early as Sunday, will mean all three British-garrisoned districts will have
entered the transition process allowing Afghan forces take over security
duties from the Nato-led coalition.
The process will take 12 to 18 months, meaning Afghan soldiers and police are
likely to take charge in the middle of next year. Lashkar Gah and Nad-e Ali,
the two other British districts, began transfer last year.
Britain has around 9,500 soldiers in Afghanistan. After to bowing to requests
from British commanders to slow the pace of withdrawal, Mr Cameron has said
only 500 will leave this year.
However the handover of the last British territory now paves the way for a far
larger withdrawal in 2013, as troops switch to training and support missions
rather than combat.
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