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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Weekend Edition Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America U.S. says can't commit to cease Afghan combat by 2015 Reuters - Sunday, November 21 Send IM Story Print By Matt Spetalnick and Ross Colvin LISBON - The United States said on Saturday it could not yet commit to the head of NATO's aim of ending the foreign combat role in Afghanistan by the end of 2014 but would make its own decision based on security conditions. "We're the United States. We want to make our own decision based on our own read on the situation," a senior U.S. official told reporters during a NATO summit in Lisbon. The United States' reluctance to endorse the date highlights the domestic pressures on President Barack Obama. The Democratic president has been sharply criticised by Republicans for setting a July 2011 date to begin withdrawing U.S. troops. Critics say the deadline emboldens the Taliban. Leaders of NATO states in Europe, too, face their own domestic concerns -- voters want them to wind down their involvement in the increasingly unpopular and expensive war. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told a news conference that the aim was to hand security responsibility to Afghan forces gradually between 2011 and 2014, and for foreign troops serving in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force to cease combat before 2015. "I don't foresee ISAF troops in a combat role beyond 2014, provided of course that the security situation allows us to move into a more supportive role," Rasmussen told reporters. Another senior U.S. official said the United States had not definitively taken that decision yet. "The issue of changing the combat mission is an independent national decision which will be made by all 28 nations of NATO. In the case of the United States, we simply have not taken that decision yet," the official said. Obama is reviewing the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan after sending 30,000 more troops there to break the momentum of a resurgent Taliban. Violence is at an all-time high, with record civilian and military casualties, but the president is not expected to make major changes to the way the war is fought. The United States fully endorses NATO's goal, formally announced at the Lisbon conference, of having Afghan security forces in the lead in all provinces by the end of 2014. But U.S. officials have not said that this will signal an end to the U.S. combat mission. Instead, military officials point to the example of Iraq, where the U.S. combat mission was officially declared over last August, more than a year after U.S. forces pulled out of Iraq's towns and cities. "We're not saying we're not going to end our combat mission . What we're saying is we'll make our decision closer to that date," the first U.S. official said. "We'll be making our decision based on the conditions on the ground." Recommend Send IM Story Print Related Articles Sri Lanka orders Red Cross to quit former war zone AFP - 19 minutes ago Poles vote in local elections AFP - 20 minutes ago Iraq lawmakers resume forming government AFP - 32 minutes ago Al-Qaeda vows to continue parcel bomb attacks AFP - 1 hour 59 minutes ago Madagascan army crushes three-day mutiny AFP - Sunday, November 21 News Search Top Stories Irish cabinet meets on crisis plan as bailout looms Pope says condoms acceptable 'in certain cases' Ireland set to finalise crisis plan as bailout looms US, EU urge major economies to avoid currency battle US tanker decision delayed to 2011: Air Force More Top Stories » ADVERTISEMENT Most Popular Most Viewed Most Recommended Cash-strapped Brits want royals to foot wedding bill Brazilians flaunt Kate's engagement ring, for 3 dlrs US tanker decision delayed to 2011: Air Force 9/11 rescuers agree huge compensation deal One in five Americans suffer mental illness: survey More Most Viewed » Toddler survives seven-floor fall in France EU fines 11 airlines 800 million euros for air cargo cartel Pilgrims stone 'devil' as Muslims celebrate Eid 'Naked' airport scanners may be 'dangerous' Be fit, have fewer colds: study More Most Recommended » Elsewhere on Yahoo! Financial news on Yahoo! Finance Stars and latest movies Best travel destinations More on Yahoo! News Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Weekend Edition Subscribe to our news feeds Top StoriesMy Yahoo!RSS » More news feeds | What are news feeds? Also on Yahoo! Answers Groups Mail Messenger Mobile Travel Finance Movies Sports Games » All Yahoo! Services Site Highlights Singapore Full Coverage Most Popular Entertainment Photos Yahoo! News Network Copyright © 2010 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Community | Intellectual Property Rights Policy | Help

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