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Rasmussen urges no more cuts in defence budgets

By Javed Hamim Kakar

Feb 2, 2013 - 15:56

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KABUL, fearing any more cuts would lead to greater insecurity in the future.

“We must build on what we have gained in operations such as Afghanistan — not cash in what some may perceive as the post-ISAF’s top diplomats and defense officials in Munich, Germany.

He said it would be a wrong option in this age of austerity, noting US’s share of NATO defence spending had risen from 63 percent to 72 percent since 2001 while most European nations cut their defence budgets.

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