Berlin – 13 December 2009
The present German minister of Defence zu Guttenberg has said that the conflict in Afghanistan will not be won by the military and has called for more development aid, before flying on an unannounced visit to troops there on Friday.
Germany presently has 4,400 soldiers stationed in Afghanistan, which makes it the 3rd largest contributor in the Nato mission.
Zu Guttenberg said [...] Continue Reading…
The CDU right-wing government of Angela Merkel has in principal approved a one-year extension of its NATO deployment force in Afghanistan, however the size of troop level will stay the same.
The cabinet decision will have to be confirmed by the German Parliament next month when the current mandate expires. For various reasons -probably related to back-door agreements with the US- this decision [...] Continue Reading…
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