NATO has scheduled to end combat operations in Afghanistan by the end of this year and plans to hand security operations over to Afghan forces.<br /><br />But residents of the Ghor province are worried that the disappearance of the military alliance will allow more Taliban fighters and other armed groups to enter their villages.<br /><br />Villagers say that some have already been recruited to join these groups.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Jennifer Glasse reports from Ghor.