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| Germany To Send In More Troops To Afghanistan |
| 2015-11-19 |
| A rifle company Germany will send 130 more soldiers to Afghanistan, the government said on Wednesday after a cabinet meeting to discuss support for Afghan forces struggling to tackle an Islamist insurgency. The Taliban's surprise seizure of the northern city of Kunduz in September, the first time the militants had taken a provincial capital in 14 years, has prompted the U.S.-led military coalition to revise its strategy in Afghanistan. Although NATO has withdrawn almost all of its combat troops, it still has soldiers stationed there to train local forces. Up to about 850 German troops are in Afghanistan on this mission. That number will now go up to 980, the government said. German forces are stationed in the north of the country. German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen said after the fall of Kunduz that she was open to delaying the withdrawal of German soldiers from Afghanistan beyond next year. President Barack Obama announced last month that some 9,800 U.S soldiers would remain in Afghanistan through most of 2016, reversing a decision to withdraw all but a small U.S.-Embassy based force in Kabul before he leaves office in January 2017. The decision was based on an assessment that Afghan forces were not yet as strong as they needed to be. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #6 Fritz, you got the list of units that we can't count upon if things get sticky? We have a job for them. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-11-19 20:33 |
| #5 They better keep them home. The excrement is going to hit the fan. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-11-19 17:42 |
| #4 They are going to need them in Berlin. |
| Posted by: bman 2015-11-19 16:05 |
| #3 Isn't that just north of Bavaria? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-11-19 14:18 |
| #2 Border Police. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-11-19 12:56 |
| #1 A broomstick company? |
| Posted by: Sneanter Uliger4939 2015-11-19 11:06 |