Press review | 03/02/2012

 

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US leaves Afghanistan ahead of schedule

US leaves Afghanistan ahead of schedule

 

US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced on Thursday that US combat troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by 2013. With its early pull-out the US is betraying the Afghan people and capitulating to the Taliban, commentators write.

With articles from the following publications:
Die Welt - Germany, La Stampa - Italy, Wiener Zeitung - Austria, Financial Times - United Kingdom

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