Gates Chastises European Allies as NATO Cites Afghan Advances
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told European counterparts that a hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan could spoil progress NATO has made as it prepares to hand security to President Hamid Karzai this year.
Gates criticized governments “on this continent” for focusing too much on withdrawal at the expense of gains against the Taliban insurgency at a meeting today of defense ministers of the 28-member North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels.