Recent News with NATO in Afghanistan

Posted on Apr 11, 2010 in Afghanistan, Hamed Wardak

In recent news, as reported on CNN.com, all American troops fighting in Afghanistan will soon be under NATO rules.  AT the moment, approximately half of the U.S. troops there operate under NATO rules and fight as the International Security Assistance Force.  James Appathurai, the NATO spokesman, explained the planned changes.  As he said, the decision to place all troops under NATO “is for the purpose of unity of effort.”

Along with this change, there is also going to be a change in the amount of time that American troops can keep and interrogate a detainee.  At the moment, they have only 96 hours before they must turn over Afghans to the Afghan government.  Under the new policy, they will have as much as 14 days with detainees.

These are a few of the recent policy changes in Afghanistan as they relate to America’s involvement.  Certainly, many Afghan-American leaders such as Hamed Wardak, and many Afghan leaders are working tirelessly to improve conditions in Afghanistan and to encourage appropriate support and assistance from the American government.