LISBON, Portugal (AP) — NATO nations formally agreed Saturday to start reducing troop levels in Afghanistan next year and hand over control of security to the Afghans in 2014.
But the U.S. and its allies appeared to take conflicting views on when NATO combat operations would end.
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen suggested NATO troops would no longer fight the Taliban after 2014.
But a senior Obama administration official says the U.S. has not committed to ending its combat mission in Afghanistan at the end of 2014. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss internal administration discussions.
