LISBON, Portugal — NATO will start drawing down its troops in Afghanistan next July and its combat role in the war-torn nation will end by 2014 or earlier so security can be turned over to the Afghans, a top alliance official said Friday.
NATO to turn over Afghan security control by 2014
Friday, November 19, 2010 | 2:09 p.m. CST
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