NATO chief says they'll have enough forces in Afghanistan
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NATO's chief said Wednesday he is certain the alliance will have sufficient forces to fulfill its training mission in Afghanistan after months of lobbying allies to increase troop contributions.
Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday that NATO will meet the requirements set out by Gen. John Nicholson, the top US commander for Afghanistan, who has said he needs close to 16,000 troops to fill the NATO training mission. Stoltenberg said the troop level will go from 13,000 to around 16,000.
"I'm absolutely confident that we will have sufficient forces when we move into 2018," Stoltenberg said. "We are still receiving pledges and announcements about more troop contributions from allies."
