KABUL—An American proposal to cut the size of Afghan security forces
by more than one-third after 2014 could lead to a catastrophe,
Afghanistan's defense minister told The Wall Street Journal, underlining
his government's growing fears of being abandoned after most foreign
troops withdraw.
The minister, Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak, expressed his concerns after
the U.S., which along with its allies funds Afghanistan's military and
police forces, circulated a new proposal to cut troops to 230,000 after
2014, from 352,000 this year.
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