On 20 November, the French troops withdrew from Afghanistan, because of President’s François Hollande election promise to remove them earlier than originally planned, under Nicolas Sarkozy presidency.

Out of the 2,780 troops around 1,500 will stay until the summer of 2013 in order to guarantee the safe return of military equipment and organise the final departure of French forces. Furthermore, 50 trainers will stay in Afghanistan to train the Afghan army. According to the Fre...