NATO Leaves Fighting to US in Afghanistan

"BERLIN France, Germany and Spain on Wednesday rejected a U.S. call for NATO to help American-led forces fight the insurgency in Afghanistan, insisting instead that the alliance stick to peacekeeping tasks there."

"Rumsfeld spoke amid speculation that the United States is planning major reductions of its 19,000-strong contingent in Afghanistan as NATO expands."

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/14/news/nato.php

Please correct me if I am wrong, but isn't 19K troops a high water mark since we invaded? If that is true, it certainly is not a good measurement of our success in creating a stable democracy in that country.