KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. commander in Afghanistan says a shortage of NATO troops and restrictions against troop movement is undermining efforts.
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry told USA Today that the caveats, or restrictions, risk "driving a wedge in the NATO alliance between forces that fight and those that don't."
The troop movement restrictions imposed by some countries require NATO to "put more troops in the field to compensate for the countries that are prevented by their governments from joining in combat," USA Today said.
"Could you have an alliance in which you have one group that is always going into the toughest places and fighting and taking casualties, and you have a second group that is in a different category?" Eikenberry told the newspaper.
Eikenberry also said NATO's troop strength is at 90 percent of the level NATO says is required
