Afghanistan doesn't need US troops - President Karzai - News - World - The Voice of Russia
In his final address to Afghanistan's parliament Saturday, President Hamid Karzai told the United States its soldiers can leave at the end of the year because his military, which already protects 93 percent of the country, was ready to take over entirely. He reiterated his stance that he would not sign a pact with the United States that would provide for a residual force of US troops to remain after the final withdrawal, unless peace could first be established.