Afghans Challenged to Pay for Own Army After U.S. Forces Go Home
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U.S. officials are warning Afghan leaders that after 2018 the Pentagon can’t keep paying as much to support their army as it now does.
The U.S. spends about $4.7 billion a year to underwrite Afghan forces, more than twice the $2.3 billion it promised as part of a pledge by NATO. The U.S. plans to stop providing as much as half the extra money two years after the last American troops come home, a U.S. military official told reporters at this week’s meeting of the alliance in Brussels.