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Putin Wants U.S. to Stay in Afghanistan

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Reason Staff | 8.2.2012 8:42 AM

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has slammed the planned withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan.

Putin says the pull-out in 2014 will leave the country vulnerable to militant violence and drug trafficking.

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