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  • Belgium commits more troops to Afghanistan

    02/02/2008 10:26:51 AM PST · by knighthawk · 8 replies · 50+ views
    Radio Netherlands ^ | Februari 02 2008
    Brussels - Belgium is going to deploy 100 soldiers and four F-16 fighter planes in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province. For four months starting in September, the Belgian forces will support Dutch troops stationed in the Afghan province. The move comes in response to a NATO call for more troops to be deployed in Afghanistan. At the moment, Belgium has 360 soldiers in Afghanistan, most of them at Kabul airport. Germany has rejected a more recent United States call for more troops to be deployed in war-torn southern Afghhanistan. In an unusually frank letter, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates had urged his...