NEW We will stay committed to our operations in Afghanistan and see it through to a successful end . : The violence came toward the end of a day of peaceful protests . NEW A protester is carried away by police after being hit with pepper spray during clashes in central Kiev on February 22. ` We 're not here to get battered '' Obama on Afghanistan : `` We are confident we are on the right track '' NATO leaders ink a deal to acquire five drones .
NEW : The violence came toward the end of a day of peaceful protests . NEW A protester is carried away by police after being hit with pepper spray during clashes in central Kiev on February 22. ` We 're not here to get battered '' Obama on Afghanistan : `` We are confident we are on the right track '' NATO leaders ink a deal to acquire five drones .