Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said it would be "best" for the country's groups to leave Afghanistan as soon as possible after six were killed in a car bombing in Kabul.
Berlusconi, speaking to reporters Thursday, gave no timeline for a pulling out and said any pullout would have to be coordinated with Italy's allies.
"There is no idea," Berlusconi said about a possible date for leaving Afghanistan. "It is an international problem. It is not a problem that a country present there can take on its own. Doing so could give up the accord and trust of the other countries present."
However, the 500 troops Italy sent to Afghanistan this summer will be home by Christmas, Italian Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa said Friday. The troops were sent to the front of the Afghan presidential election August 20.
Berlusconi, speaking to reporters Thursday, gave no timeline for a pulling out and said any pullout would have to be coordinated with Italy's allies.
"There is no idea," Berlusconi said about a possible date for leaving Afghanistan. "It is an international problem. It is not a problem that a country present there can take on its own. Doing so could give up the accord and trust of the other countries present."
However, the 500 troops Italy sent to Afghanistan this summer will be home by Christmas, Italian Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa said Friday. The troops were sent to the front of the Afghan presidential election August 20.
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