NATO holds line in face of Afghan animositv

摘要

Despite new pressure on NATO to accelerate the transfer of security for Afghanistan to the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), the alliance will stick to its original schedule of handing over security by the end of 2014, according to alliance officials.However, new measures to protect International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) personnel - including tighter scrutiny of ANSF recruits to counter infiltration by the Taliban - will take effect immediately as outrage continues in the country following the 11 March murder of 16 Afghan villagers by a US soldier.