{"id":8518,"date":"2013-06-18T05:32:45","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T05:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/afghan-forces-takeover-from-nato\/"},"modified":"2013-06-18T05:31:32","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T05:31:32","slug":"afghan-forces-takeover-from-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/afghan-forces-takeover-from-nato\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan Forces takeover from Nato"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{Nato has handed over security for the whole of Afghanistan for the first time since the Taliban were ousted in 2001.}}<\/p>\n

At a ceremony in Kabul, President Hamid Karzai said that from Wednesday “our own security and military forces will lead all the security activities”.<\/p>\n

Observers say the best soldiers in the Afghan army are up to the task but there are lingering doubts about some.<\/p>\n

International troops will remain in Afghanistan until the end of 2014, providing military back-up when needed.<\/p>\n

The ceremony came shortly after a suicide bomb attack in western Kabul killed three employees of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission and wounded more than 20.<\/p>\n

President Hamid Karzai: “For the people of Afghanistan this is a great day”
\nThe attacker was believed to be targeting the convoy of prominent politician and Hazara leader Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq, who escaped with light injuries.<\/p>\n

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