Germany announced that it will withdraw its 1,100 soldiers stationed in Afghanistan by mid-August, after the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization "NATO" announced their plans to leave the country.
The German "ARD" channel reported on Friday, that German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Inspector General Eberhard Zorn have sent the soldiers a written statement that Germany's army (Bundeswehr) will proudly leave Afghanistan.
In radio statements before the meeting of the defense and foreign ministers of NATO member states on Wednesday, the German Defense Minister said: "We have always stated that we enter together (with the Americans) and go out together." "I support an organized withdrawal."
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