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US declares Afghanistan major non-NATO ally
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July 7, 2012, Saturday
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VISITING US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today that US President Barack Obama has designated Afghanistan as a major non-NATO ally of the United States.
"I am pleased to announce today that President Barack Obama has officially designated Afghanistan as a major non-NATO ally of the United States," Clinton told reporters in joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in the Presidential Palace.
Clinton, who is in Kabul for a surprise visit before a key conference on the country to be held in Tokyo, Japan tomorrow, said the US is pledged to continue its support and will work with Afghanistan to get more international support.
The insurgency-hit country would be the 15th such country that the US has declared as a major non-NATO ally.
She said the transition of security from US and NATO forces to the Afghan security force was on truck, adding, "The security situation is more stable" in Afghanistan.
Afghan President Karzai and the US secretary of states will leave later today to Japan to attend the major conference on Afghanistan.
"I am pleased to announce today that President Barack Obama has officially designated Afghanistan as a major non-NATO ally of the United States," Clinton told reporters in joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in the Presidential Palace.
Clinton, who is in Kabul for a surprise visit before a key conference on the country to be held in Tokyo, Japan tomorrow, said the US is pledged to continue its support and will work with Afghanistan to get more international support.
The insurgency-hit country would be the 15th such country that the US has declared as a major non-NATO ally.
She said the transition of security from US and NATO forces to the Afghan security force was on truck, adding, "The security situation is more stable" in Afghanistan.
Afghan President Karzai and the US secretary of states will leave later today to Japan to attend the major conference on Afghanistan.
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