{"id":944,"date":"2010-11-08T15:39:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-08T15:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=944"},"modified":"2010-11-08T15:39:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-08T15:39:00","slug":"petraeus-draws-afghan-withdrawal-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2010\/11\/08\/944\/","title":{"rendered":"Petraeus draws Afghan withdrawal plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; float: right;\" alt=\"petraeus-afghanistan\" src=\"images\/stories\/news\/petraeus-afghanistan.jpg\" width=\"283\" height=\"210\" \/> The US commander in Afghanistan has prepared a color-coded timetable for handing over the control of Afghan provinces to local security forces. US Army General David Petraeus plans to submit his timetable to NATO leaders at a summit in Lisbon on November 19, The Times reported.<\/div>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The control of some areas are handed over to local security forces within six months, according to the timetable.<br \/>While the western Herat Province is due for an early handover, US-led NATO forces will remain in the southern provinces of Kandahar and Helmand for a minimum of two more years.<br \/>The colors in the timetable change from green to gray, the latter being the most problematic, indicating that the handover is more than two years away.<br \/>Provinces such as Helmand, Kandahar and Uruzgan in the south, and Kunar in the east, fall under this category.<br \/>A handful of areas in Afghanistan have been stamped &#8220;green,&#8221; signaling that they have been earmarked for a handover in the spring.<br \/>A monthly security assessment of every part of Afghanistan will continue right up until the summit but Petraeus is sufficiently confident in assigning a color code to each area to demonstrate that significant progress is being made.<br \/>Afghanistan has 34 provinces and most of the Taliban-related violence has occurred in nine provinces, all in the south and east.<br \/>Of Afghanistan&#8217;s more than 300 districts within the 34 provinces, it is estimated that about two-thirds could be handed over without significant risk.<br \/>Petraeus will reportedly make it clear to the NATO summit in Lisbon that the transition would be a gradual process. The reduction of the number of NATO troops would be in line with an increase in Afghan forces.<br \/>The plan, which is expected to receive full support at the summit, means the US will begin withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan from July next year.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Press TV<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US commander in Afghanistan has prepared a color-coded timetable for handing over the control of Afghan provinces to local security forces. 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