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| Germany promises more help for Afghanistan |
| 2004-10-04 |
| German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said Sunday that his country would expand the scope of assistance to Afghanistan. After his meeting here with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Fischer said that the re-emergence of terrorist activities in Afghanistan must be fought with all efforts. Germany will help the Afghan government in training police, securing borders and cracking down on drug smugglers, Fischer said. More than 2,000 German soldiers are deployed in Kabul and two other Afghan cities, making up for a third of the international peace-keeping force in the country. Karzai expressed his appreciation for the peace-keeping effortsof German soldiers and financial support from the German government. The Afghan president came here to receive the "Quadriga Prize,"which is given by the German Workplace Society for outstanding personnel worldwide. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #6 Germany's salvageable as a true ally. France is a hopeless case. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-10-04 2:16:00 PM |
| #5 It was quite an interesting discussion in the Bundestag. Everybody agrees that Afghanistan will get tougher and there will be German casualties in the next year. Re Iraq: German business in Iraq was certainly not important enough to risk a fallout with the U.S. German companies would have gained a lot more if Germany had sent troops. The German business world didn't like Schroeder's stance at all. |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-10-04 2:14:03 PM |
| #4 The Germans have been steadfast in supporting us in Afghanistan. It helps to separate them from the French when we talk about that part of the world. They don't have a history of contracts, contacts and dealings with the Taliban like the French did. Both had dealings in Iraq (along with the Russians)big time. Anyplace France has business and political interests they will always be opposed to US meddling except in Haiti where they are very happy to have someone else pick up the tab there. |
| Posted by: John Forbes Kerry 2004-10-04 12:55:55 PM |
| #3 The Germans have been steadfast in supporting us in Afghanistan. It helps to separate them from the French when we talk about that part of the world. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-10-04 10:50:10 AM |
| #2 I dunno about that. Reality has never stopped Democrats from making outrageous claims before, and I doubt this'll be any exception: Kerry will go right on pushing his "fraudulent coalition" bullshit, and unthinking Democrats will go right on believing it. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-10-04 7:33:07 AM |
| #1 And he didn't even wait for Kerry to be elected first. I'd say Kerry's position that he'd better engage important allies in WoT endeavors is effectively screwed. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-10-04 7:16:56 AM |