“We need a functioning political process in Afghanistan, not least to be able to fully engage in the peace process," Stoltenberg told a press conference.
Speaking after a virtual meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels, he said the security situation in Afghanistan remained fragile.
NATO would reduce the number of its troops in Afghanistan from 16,000 to 12,000, he said. “But we will be able to continue our operations very much as we have done for several years now ...”
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