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Berlin mulls increasing troops in Afghanistan

Source: The Local
Kabul : Afghanistan | 2 months ago  
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The increase from Berlin's current cap of 4,500 would be put before parliament in December when the mandate for the mission comes up for renewal, the report said. All but one of the main parties in parliament have supported the mission until now. Deutschlandfunk , which did not cite the source of its information,...
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