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US, NATO to mark end of mission to Afghanistan

The United States and NATO will formally end 13 years of war in Afghanistan with a ceremony at their military headquarters in Kabul.

 

The ceremony on Sunday will mark the end of the US-led International Security Assistance Force, which will transition to a supporting role with 13,500 soldiers starting January 1st.

 

The mission ends with 2,224 American soldiers killed, of a total tally of some 3,500 foreign troop deaths. The mission peaked at 140,000 troops in 2010.

 


פרסום ראשון: 12.28.14, 09:03