NATO troops arrive at the site of a suicide car bomb attack in Kabul August 10, 2014. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
BRUSSELS/KABUL (Reuters) - NATO will declare "mission accomplished" this week as it winds down more than a decade of operations in Afghanistan but departing combat troops look likely to leave behind political turmoil and an emboldened insurgency.
The embattled country is also suffering a sharp economic slowdown.
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