Poland to send 1,000 new troops to Afghanistan
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Poland said on Thursday it would send  1,000 new troops to join its existing 100-strong contingent in  Afghanistan in response to NATO calls for reinforcements to  step up the fight against Taliban insurgents.
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Poland's defense minister said in comments broadcast Thursday that his nation will send at least 900 troops to eastern Afghanistan next year. NATO said the offer did not ease the immediate need for 2,500 additional soldiers in the violence-wracked south.
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France is preparing to expand its training efforts with the Afghan army, planning to deploy an additional 150 instructors to the country, the defence ministry said.
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The Polish-led multinational force in Iraq will remain at its current strength of 6,500 until at least after national elections planned there in January, member nations agreed at a conference in Warsaw, an ...
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Britain may increase the number of troops it has in Afghanistan, according to a Nato spokesman.
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Britain will send an extra 1,400 troops to Afghanistan because most NATO allies have refused to send soldiers to battle a resurgent Taliban, Defense Secretary Des Browne said on Monday.
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Kabul airport is to be guarded by about 100 Czech soldiers from late 2006 till early 2007, Czech Deputy Chief of Staff Emil Pupis said Wednesday.
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A roadside bomb injured four Polish soldiers north of the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday during a patrol near their base, the troops&#39; commander said.
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Britain is to announce that it will send up to 1,000 extra troops to Afghanistan, according to media reports Friday, sparking claims that it is being forced to take up the slack from its NATO allies.
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Washington needs to provide more security for Poland if it wants Warsaw to host a U.S. missile defense base, the Polish defense minister said in remarks published Saturday.
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Poland's president said Monday that Warsaw will pull its remaining 900 soldiers out of Iraq by the end of 2007, but no specific date has been set.
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Poland will significantly reduce its number of troops in Iraq by the end of 2005, the country&#39;s defense minister said on Monday.
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Nearly 1,100 diplomats would be added as part of a plan to double the corps' size to 22,000 by 2018.
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Poland agrees to send an extra 1,000 troops to Afghanistan to join Nato forces there.
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BRUSSELS -- Nearly 2,000 NATO troops, including two &quot;rapid response&quot; battalions from Spain and Italy, began arriving in Afghanistan this week to strengthen the international military presence there in time for the Oct. 9 presidential election, NATO officials said.
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PRAGUE, Dec 27 (IPS) - Poland has woken up to the possibility that its  troops in Afghanistan were involved in a war crime against  defenceless civilians.
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Poland&#39;s army has begun preparing a new troop contingent that would be sent to Iraq early next year if needed, the country&#39;s defence minister said Saturday, despite public opinion against the mission.