In a tweet, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said he held telephone talks with President Ghani Monday, during which he said that there was no change in NATO’s position on its presence in Afghanistan and it was based on conditions whether to stay or leave the conflict-ravaged country.
NATO keeps up supporting Afghan forces to make sure Afghanistan never again becomes a safe harbor for international terrorism, the alliance’s chief added.
President Ghani’s office has meanwhile said Secretary-General said while speaking to president that NATO was committed to train and advise Afghan forces and would continue this mission.
NATO took responsibility of the international security effort in Afghanistan back in 2003.
Then in 2014, it began to support Afghan forces by training and advising them, but gradually withdrew troops in line with a U.S. brokered peace deal.
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