[Location - Date:KABUL AFGHANISTAN -- AP VIDEO -- JAN. 28][Source:][VO:][VOICE-OVER]TRACK#1 PLANS BY FRENCH PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY TO WITHDRAW FRENCH TROOPS FROM AFGHANISTAN A YEAR AHEAD OF THE NATO TIMETABLE IS UNDER FIRE ....FROM PEOPLE IN AFGHANISTAN WHO SAY THE COUNTRY'S SECURITY FORCES STILL NEED HELP.[Notes:(English) Dawood Sultanzoi, Political Analyst, Former Member of Parliament:] "Afghanistan is not ready to change the realities on the ground and move things forward and then wish there is peace and stability and there is readiness of our troops. I think the troops' readiness, Afghan security forces' readiness will take time. [Notes:VO -----]SARKOZY MADE THE PROPOSAL ON FRIDAY WHEN HE MET WITH AFGHANISTAN'S PRESIDENT HAMID KARZAI.IT'S A CHANGE FROM U.S.-LED PLANS TO WITHDRAW COMBAT FORCES BY THE END OF 2014 --AND IT COMES ONE WEEK AFTER FOUR FRENCH TROOPS WERE KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN.[Notes:VO -------CHEQUERS, GREAT BRITAIN / POOL VIDEO]KARZAI WAS IN GREAT BRITAIN SATURDAY -- SIGNING A PLEDGE OF ONGOING COOPERATION WITH BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON....WHO SAYS BRITAIN WILL STICK WITH THE ORIGINAL DEADLINE.[Notes:SOT ---------DAVID CAMERON / BRITISH PRIME MINISTER ---POOL VIDEO -- JAN 28]I don't want to see some sort of 'cliff edge' in 2014 when all of the remaining troops come out at once but clearly, between now and 2014, the rate at which we can reduce our troops will depend on the transition to Afghan control in the different parts of Afghanistan and that should be the same for all of the members of NATO who are all contributing and helping to (create) a strong, stable and peaceful Afghanistan,[Notes:VO -----------]KARZAI DIDN'T OBJECT TO SARKOZY'S PROPOSAL ON FRIDAY -- BUT HE APPEARED TO SUGGEST IT WAS AN OPTIMISTIC TARGET.SARKOZY SAID PARIS HAS INFORMED THE U.S. ABOUT THE PLAN AND WILL PRESENT IT AT A NATO DEFENSE MEETING IN JUST A FEW DAYS.---------------------------THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.(****END****) ANCHOR VOICE: -------------------------VIDEO PRODUCER: ned barker ---------------------------VIDEO SOURCE: ap television-----------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: ned barker----------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: NONE----------------------------------MARKET EMBARGO (S): NONE--------------------------------SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE: vt1325AP-APTN-1930: France Afghanistan