US wants flexible end Afghanistan mission

The United States asked NATO allies to be flexible with their plans to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan permanently .

Quote : I have all the NATO partners asked to remain flexible and consider the possibilities of the plan for our presence in Afghanistan , which is now 2.5 years old , adapt, said US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter after NATO -beraad in Brussels. A number of countries have expressed a willingness to change their plans . Which countries that he did not say . Only the German Minister Ursula von der Leyen pleaded openly for not adhering to a strict deadline for their departure from Afghanistan.