France to Resume Training Mission in Afghanistan

PARIS - The French president says the country's soldiers in Afghanistan will resume their training mission as of Saturday and withdraw by the end of 2013.

President Nicolas Sarkozy had warned of the possibility of an early pullout after the killing of four unarmed French troops by an Afghan soldier described as a Taliban infiltrator.

He said after meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday that he had assurances that extra protection measures would be put in place.