NATO considers British proposal permanent force for Eastern Europe
NATO is examining whether to set up a permanent military force in Eastern Europe to encourage regional allies to send combat troops to Afghanistan, the alliance’s top civilian official said on Friday. The idea, proposed by Britain to ease concerns in Eastern Europe about Russian belligerence since its war with Georgia, would see 3,000 troops drawn from the NATO Response Force (NRF), a contingent for use in the world’s hot spots. Britain’s idea was floated just as the United States announced that it would send some 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan, where NATO was struggling to cope with a Taliban-led insurgency.
Note EU-Digest: Most European countries have shown very little enthusiasm for NATO troop expansion in Afghanistan mainly because there are no solid long term plans or an exit strategy and insecurity as a result of a corrupt central government there.
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