NATO officials say US-led forces plan to gradually hand control of parts of Afghanistan to the government in Kabul, PRESS TV reported.
The plan was put forward on Friday during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Tallinn, Estonia. But the details on how it will pan out are not clear.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen stated that the plan did not call for a withdrawal and added that foreign troops would remain in a supporting role long after they hand over command.
He went on to say that more foreign military instructors are needed to work with Afghan forces before the transition can begin.
Military analysts will be quick to point out that NATO's Afghanistanization plan looks very similar to former US President Richard Nixon's Vietnamization plan from the Vietnam War, which was a complete failure.
Meanwhile, the 126,000 foreign soldiers currently deployed in the country have not been able to stabilize Afghanistan.
But the occupiers still plan to deploy tens of thousands of additional foreign troops to the Central Asian country this year.
However, pundits predict the troop surge will only lead to a surge in violence while peace remains a seemingly unattainable dream for the people of Afghanistan.
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