US Troop-Pullout Plan Worries Afghanistan -- Al Jazeera
Helmand governor fears his country faces insecurity, saying foreign combat forces plan to withdraw too soon.
The war in Afghanistan will be a challenge for whoever the next US president is. Both candidates have promised to bring combat troops home by the end of 2014, but as Al Jazeera's Bernard Smith reports from Helmand province, the country faces continuing insecurity.
Helmand's governor has told Al Jazeera he believes foreign combat troops are trying to pull out too soon.
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