Panel sets goal of 400,000 Afghan forces in 5 yrs

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KABUL, Jan 20 (AP): Afghanistan's finance minister says a joint panel has agreed to boost the number of Afghan security forces from the current level of about 191,000 to 400,000 within five years.
The announcement came Wednesday after a meeting of Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board to finalize a government action plan to be presented at a Jan. 28 international conference in London to shore up the Afghan leadership.
The panel includes Afghan government representatives and officials from the UN and major troop contributing countries.