America
US has no plan for permanent base in Afghanistan
Updated: 2011-01-10 22:23
(Xinhua)
KABUL - The US acting envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Frank Ruggiero who met President Hamid Karzai on Sunday, said that Washington has no plan to establish permanent base in the war-torn country, a private television channel broadcast Monday.
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Ruggiero replaced Richard Holbrooke following the latter's death in December 2010.
Days ago, media reported that US wants to establish permanent military base in Afghanistan.
Some 140,000-strong NATO-led troops with 90,000 of them Americans have been deployed in Afghanistan to help ensure durable peace in the post-Taliban country.
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