From: EurasiaDigest (digest@eurasianet.org)
Date: Tue Feb 07 2006 - 13:06:59 EST
NATO WELCOMES DUTCH DECISION TO SEND FORCES TO AFGHANISTAN
NATO on 3 February welcomed the decision by the Dutch parliament to send up to 1,400 additional troops to Afghanistan as part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), AFP reported. "Now we can go ahead with the full complement of the expansion" of ISAF to southern Afghanistan, NATO spokesman James Appathurai told AFP. That expansion is expected to take place between June and September, but appeared to be in jeopardy when Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenede faced opposition to Dutch participation from his coalition partners (see "RFE/RL Afghanistan Report," 23 January 2006). AT
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