Afghanistan: NATO chief warns against hasty troop withdrawal
21 November 2020 |
10:44 am
Outgoing US President Donald Trump wants most of the US troops to leave Afghanistan by mid-January, but NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the price for leaving the country too soon "could be very high."
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