U.S. To Unveil Transition Plan For Afghanistan

by Julie McCarthy, NPR

Richard Holbrooke, the special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, told a small press briefing in Islamabad on Monday that a phased, four-year plan to wind down U.S. and NATO fighting in Afghanistan by 2014 will be presented at a NATO summit in Lisbon, Portugal, this weekend. The size of the drawdown expected to begin in July will depend on conditions, but Holbrooke said Afghanistan will "be able to stand up, but it will not stand alone."

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, November 15, 2010