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Major General Mehmet Cahit Bakir of the Turkish Air Army (C) receives a flag from John McMullen commander, 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force in Afghanistan (L) as General Philippe Lavigne, remaining commander of French troops in Afghanistan (R) looks on during a ceremony to hand over responsibility to a Turkish unit at Kabul International Airport (KAIA) in Kabul on December 31, 2014. The last French troops in Afghanistan held a ceremony in Kabul on December 31 to mark the end of their deployment after NATO combat operations closed down and as a new "train and support" mission takes over. About 150 French soldiers who had been helping run the military airport handed over responsibility to a Turkish unit which will operate under the new NATO mission. AFP PHOTO / SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP via Getty Images)