NATO Confident in Afghan Security Following Political Power Sharing

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says he is confident that Afghan forces can take charge of security behind a new government in Kabul that comes as part of a political power-sharing agreement following this year's historic elections. The NATO Secretary General spoke with VOA at the United Nations about Afghanistan, Syria, and Ukraine. Rasmussen welcomed the power-sharing arrangement between Afghanistan's new president Ashraf Ghani and its new chief executive...

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