Netherlands Sending Extra Troops To Afghanistan
The cabinet decided Friday to send about 130 extra troops to the Afghan province of Uruzgan. Currently, 1,400 Dutch troops are already operating there on behalf of NATO. The troops to be added are specially trained in protection and guarding. By deploying them in the area, the other Dutch troops in the NATO-led ISAF mission can concentrate more on helping the reconstruction of the country. This reconstruction is the aim of the Dutch mission. In some parts of the province, however, there is unrest, with heavy fighting with enemy units.
The leftwing Greens (GroenLinks) and Socialist Party (SP) are furious. They want an emergency debate in the Lower House with Foreign Minister Ben Bot and Defence Minister Henk Kamp on Tuesday on the cabinet decision.
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