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Unsure of Afghan withdrawal in 2014: German
Chancellor
Monday March 12, 2012 09:09:39 PM,
IANS
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Berlin: Germany was
not sure whether its troops would pull out of Afghanistan by 2014,
Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday during a surprise visit to
the country's troops stationed in Afghanistan.
Merkel asked the Hamid Karzai government to enhance political
reconciliation, saying more efforts were needed.
"For that reason, I cannot say we will manage this by 2013-2014.
The will is there, we want to succeed and we will work on this,"
she was quoted as saying by Xinhua.
Merkel arrived in Afghanistan without public notification, said a
government spokesman.
The last time she visited the troops in Afghanistan was in
December 2010.
Germany has around 4,900 soldiers in the war-torn country as part
of the NATO-led international peacekeeping force.
US and British troops are scheduled to be withdrawn by the end of
2014.
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