OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog » nato http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog The Blog provides OTA-Berlin guests a quick overview of the cultural, sports, social and other related activities taking place in Berlin during their stay. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:54:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Merkel popularity will be tested on extension of German Afghan mission http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/11/23/merkel-popularity-will-be-tested-on-extension-of-german-afghan-mission/ http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/11/23/merkel-popularity-will-be-tested-on-extension-of-german-afghan-mission/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:53:29 +0000 OTA-Berlin http://blog.ota-berlin.de/berlin/2009/11/23/merkel-popularity-will-be-tested-on-extension-of-german-afghan-mission/
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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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