NATO hands over to Afghan forces, but the insurgency continued

The Isaf, the fighting force of the Atlantic Alliance dropped his flag, marking the final withdrawal, 13 years after the beginning of its military intervention.

The commander of ISAF, US General John Campbell has made ​​a positive assessment: "" Today, NATO ends its combat mission of 13, full of important achievements and enormous sacrifices, especially by Thousands of men of the coalition and Afghan forces ... who gave so much to build a better future for this country torn by war "

3485 ISAF soldiers were killed on a mission since 2001.

1 January 2015, the mission "Support resolved" for help and training of the Afghan army will take over, with 12,500 men.

But for the security adviser of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, ISAF must continue its valuable assistance in this new partnership to ensure the long term viability of the Afghan armed forces. "

Afghan security forces and 350,000 men, now only provide security against Taliban rulers of the country between 1996 and 2001.

Islamist rebels do not intend to surrender and have described the mission of the ISAF "failure" because they are still there and still thirteen years after a poison that prevents peace in Afghanistan by multiplying suicide attacks and other deadly attacks in Kabul and throughout the country.