Karzai Plans for Transfer of Control in 7 Regions

Posted on Mar 22, 2011

Wikimedia Commons / The White House

Come July, foreign forces will begin withdrawing from Afghanistan, coinciding with President Hamid Karzai’s plan to begin returning seven regions of his country back to local control.  —KA

BBC:

They are the relatively peaceful provinces of Kabul, Panjshir and Bamiyan, the cities of Herat and Mazar-e Sharif and the town of Mehterlam.

But he also named Lashkar Gah, capital of the volatile Helmand province.

The handover is seen as a critical step in a transition of power before foreign troops end combat operations in 2014.

“The people of Afghanistan don’t want that foreigners take responsibility for security any more,” President Karzai said.

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