Ursula von der Leyen, defense minister of Germany who is on a surprise visit in Afghanistan said her country is not in favor of “abrupt end” of the current mission or future withdrawal of international forces from Afghanistan.

She said even though Afghan Security Forces have positive achievements and are more capable of the security but Afghanistan is in a fragile situation and an abrupt end to the assignment of the international forces may create a gap.

She made these comments on Saturday while visiting her soldiers in Camp Marmal near mazar-i-Sharif.

She said international forces should consider ending their assignment gradually.

German now has about 1200 soldier in Afghanistan and for the new NATO mission expected to start next year, 850 soldiers will stay behind.