Polish troops attend a ceremony for the transfer of authority for the security of Afghanistan's Ghazni province from the US, October 30, 2008.
Posted on 10/30/2008 12:55:36 PM PDT by lizol
Polish troops take charge of tough Afghan province
Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:41pm IST
By Jon Hemming
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Polish troops took command of security in the Afghan province of Ghazni on Thursday, a volatile area just two hour's drive southwest of Kabul where Taliban militants are gaining influence.
About 1,600 Polish troops have now taken control of Ghazni, freeing up U.S. forces to take on Taliban militants elsewhere in the eastern sector which includes the porous Pakistani border from where insurgents infiltrate into Afghanistan.
"Poland is taking over responsibility for security and development as well as future prosperity of Ghazni province. We are ready to do it and we are dedicated to do it well for the benefit of out hosts," Polish Defence Minister Bogdan Klich told troops at the change of command ceremony.
The United States has made repeated appeals for its NATO allies to send more troops to Afghanistan and allow those there to engage in combat missions without restrictions that some European nations place on their soldiers.
Poland and France have made the most significant response, with Polish troops agreeing to take responsibility for Ghazni and Paris sending 700 extra French troops to a valley in the east which is a stronghold of Taliban allies. Both France and Poland place no restrictions on their troops in the east.
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Some 1,200 troops moved into Ghazni four months ago under U.S. command and have repeatedly come under fire since then.
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Poles (having experience with Russian-0be philosophy) rock!
Poles 1683 AD Battle of Vienna. They saved Europe.
Indeed, they do rock. Great pictures!
I’d go into a fight with the Poles on my side any day. Tough soldiers. God Bless Poland.
Exactly correct. Polish King John III Sobieski, Duke of Lorraine....Hero.
God speed to the brave Polish soldiers!
Yes. I was not trying to slight the Austrians and Germans that had held off Obama’s decendants.
I hope Sarah can get us to energy self suffciency. We have 4 times the Saudis oil reserves in coal diesel, shale oil and ND oil at $30 a barrel.
We should keep Muslims from emigrating, have they west become energy self suffceient and keep the West civilized. I support our troops but while we have troops over there, the politicians let the enemies or mongol hordes flood into the west for our welfare.
I don’t know if we can ever get to full energy self-sufficiency however we could displace a whole bunch of petroleum based energy that we’re getting from folks that don’t really care for us other than our money. Our remaining needs could be met from countries more friendly to us such as Canada and Mexico, not to mention the supplies would be much more secure due to the proximity of the providers.
Let’s hope Sarah gets a chance.
Great pics, thanks for posting them.
And again in 1919 at the Battle of Warsaw. Lenin had tried to export the Bolshevik revolution by invading Europe. He got Belarus and Ukraine but the Poles kept him out of the rest of Europe.
Thank you Poland. May God bless your people and country!
I love the Poles. Spent time in Poland and almost moved there! LOVE THEM!!!!
Bless ya’, POLAND!
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Don’t mess with Poland!
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