Secretary General NATO Jens Stoltenberg warned that the alliance will pay a” high price “for the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, which the current American leader is allegedly planning Donald Trump , reports news agency Associated Press .
“We are facing a difficult decision. We have been in Afghanistan for 20 years and no NATO member wants to stay there longer than necessary. But the cost of leaving too early and uncoordinated can be very high,” the statement said. Secretary General.
He stressed that the alliance has never had less than 12 thousand troops in the country, and about half of them were American soldiers. The NATO military contingent, Stoltenberg said, is counting on US forces for transportation, logistics and support.
In the last week, the media have reported that US President Donald Trump is going to withdraw troops from Afghanistan before leaving office. It is believed that for this purpose he dismissed the head of Pentagon Mark Esper , who opposed such a decision.