Nato details Afghan pullout timetable

Nato will hand over responsibility for security in Afghanistan to Afghan forces by mid 2013 - that is the result of a two-day alliance summit in Chicago.

Nato is under pressure to bring its increasingly unpopular intervention to an end. Ahead of Monday's session, US President Barack Obama explained the latest step towards the goal of full withdrawal by the end of 2014.

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