Posted on 12/02/2007 3:35:39 PM PST by Rikstir
The Dutch military mission in Afghanistan will be extended by two years, Netherlands Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende has announced.
Dutch troops had been scheduled to leave Afghanistan in summer 2008.
The decision to extend the mission follows a call by al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden for European nations to stop helping US forces in Afghanistan.
Bin Laden said that he - and not the Afghans - was the "only one responsible" for the 9/11 attacks.
Dutch troops are stationed primarily in the southern Uruzgan province of Afghanistan.
Since the Netherlands joined the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) last year, 12 Dutch soldiers have been killed.
just a quick note regarding our allies in afghanistan. good strong response by the dutch after the recent comments from AQ.
Someone’s not listening to Osama bin Laden!
Are the Dutch going out on missions or are they eating cheese and drinking wine with the continential Europeans such as the Germans, the French, the Spaniards in Kabul?
The 12 Dutch soldiers that were killed didn’t choke on cheese. And any real Dutchman will tell you that you don’t drink wine with cheese, but beer, preferably a Heineken or Grolsch.
Don’t worry about some of the comments you see here. Some people aren’t following the war very closely.
by all accounts the dutch are performing very well indeed in their area of interest. It is a compact and hardhitting force, and has been involved in some fairly heavy fighting against the Taliban.
>> The Dutch military mission in Afghanistan will be extended by two years, Netherlands Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende has announced.
Viking DNA.
‘dat’ must be ‘die’ then it’s okay.
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