KABUL, asking the alliance to focus on equipping the local forces.
NATO Secretary General Jens. Stoltenberg earlier confirmed sending thousands of more troops to Afghanistan after a meeting of defence ministers. However, he did not clearly say how many more troops would be sent.
Last month, he recalled, NATO’s heads of state and government had agreed to augment their role in the fight against terrorism and to improve burden-sharing across the alliance.
In response to a question from Pajhwok, the secretary-general . . .
