KABUL, Afghanistan
United States is pulling out the most
Others in the coalition of 49 countries have announced withdrawal plans as well, while insisting that they are in no hurry to leave. Many countries have vowed to keep troops in Afghanistan to continue training the Afghan police and soldiers in the coming year. And many have pledged to keep sending aid to poor countries after combat missions over international in 2014.
They fear their nation could plunge into civil war after the foreign troops go home. Their confidence in the Afghan security forces have been on the rise, but they do not share the US led Coalition expressed confidence that the Afghan army and police would be ready to secure the entire nation in three years. Others worry the Afghan economy will collapse if foreigners leave and donors get stingy with assistance.
Approximately 14,000 foreign forces will withdraw at the end of December, according to an Associated Press review of more than a dozen Nations withdrawal plan. United States is pulling out of 10,000 members of the service this year; Canada withdrew the troops combat 2,850 this summer; France and the United Kingdom will each send some 400 houses; Poland is considering 200; and Denmark and Slovenia pulled out about 120 combined.