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…
26-XI-2009
The new German defence minister, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, has told the Bundestag, the Parliament today, that General W. Schneiderhan, along with a senior official in the Ministry of Defence, Peter Wichert, were resigning with immediate effect following German media reports which claimed that important information regarding civilian casualties had deliberately been withheld from both the German public and state prosecutors.
Their resignations have [...] Continue Reading…
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