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German Cabinet Approves Troop Increase For Afghanistan

8th March, 2018 · admin 6 Comments

germanyRadio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
March 7, 2018

The German government on March 7 approved plans to extend the country’s overseas military missions, including in Afghanistan.

The defense bill, which must still be approved by parliament, would raise the maximum number of German troops deployed in Afghanistan as part of NATO’s Resolute Support mission by one-third to 1,300.

The decision comes as the Western-backed government in Kabul is struggling to fend off the Taliban and other militant groups since the withdrawal of most NATO troops in 2014.

German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen told broadcaster ARD that the move should be matched with accelerated reforms by the Afghan government.

She also warned that the military’s mission in Afghanistan would likely extend for some time, saying, “We need patience and a long breath, without question.”

Germany has contributed to NATO missions in Afghanistan for the past 17 years.

The German military has its headquarters in Afghanistan in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif and a large base near Kunduz.

Von der Leyen described the German military’s contribution to NATO’s missions in Afghanistan as a “story of progress on the one side, but of course also setbacks,” arguing that the educational opportunities for children, the status of women, health care, and infrastructure in the war-torn country had improved over the years.

But she also said that the Afghan Army was still struggling to keep the country safe.

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government also agreed on April 7 to extend the German military’s missions in Iraq, Mali, South Sudan, and the NATO-led Sea Guardian operation in the Mediterranean Sea.

The cabinet meeting was the last before the new coalition government takes over.

Based on reporting by AP, Reuters, and DW

Copyright (c) 2018. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste 400, Washington DC 20036.
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6 thoughts on “German Cabinet Approves Troop Increase For Afghanistan”

  1. Baghlani says:
    March 8, 2018 at 2:22 pm

    The Anglo/US warmongering
    criminals are badly in
    need of boostinggtheir morales.
    .
    .*Very fragile !

    Reply
  2. Baghlani says:
    March 8, 2018 at 3:12 pm

    Germans are, (over all), very smart people and have learned “overtime” their lessons- they know exactly what your brain is up to.
    .
    God, bad or ugly; regardless- all of the prominent past political, literary and industrial leaders of Germany from Marx to Wolfgang Von Goethe and from Weimar Constituition writers to Hitler (right or wron- good or disgusting), were proud of their achieved technological state of arts and precision.
    ***
    **
    *
    now; you
    little brain are trying to
    lure them into your deep quagmire.
    .
    After the Second World War you forcefully thought them how to act diplomatic on your image- just exactly like the written scrips on original tricy tricks of the classic Anglo/US “thugs and thug-mars”.

    Reply
  3. Baghlani says:
    March 8, 2018 at 3:15 pm

    Right there;
    .
    ‘THAT IS YOUR DOWNFALL, BOY !”.

    Reply
  4. Baghlani says:
    March 8, 2018 at 3:32 pm

    AND :
    *
    LEAVE THE
    PROPLE OF
    AFGHANISTAN
    ALONE !

    Reply
  5. Baghlani says:
    March 8, 2018 at 3:33 pm

    THE ENDLESS CYCLE
    WILL NEVER END

    Reply
  6. Baghlani says:
    March 9, 2018 at 1:09 am

    AS LONG AS
    YOUR PRESENCE
    CASTS
    DEVILISH SHADOWS.

    Reply

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