U.S. General Stanley McChrystal (L), head of NATO troops in Afghanistan, Lieutenant General William B. Caldwell (C) and Major General Richard P. Formica attend a ceremony in Kabul November 21, 2009.
The U.S. training mission for the Afghan army and police was merged with the new NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A) under a single NATO command.
The new training mission will be headed by Caldwell and will aim to consolidate efforts on building an effective security force, a vital precondition for the withdrawal of foreign troops...
(REUTERS/ Omar Sobhani)
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