Sunday, December 2, 2007

Netherlands extends Afghan mission

The Dutch government has announced that it will extend its' current Afghan mission to August 2010. Legislative hearings and presentations will be held December 6th and 7th.

As part of the extension there will be a troop reduction of 300 from the current approximately 1,650. The total estimated cost of their mission is expected to be 1 billion euros.

Source: NIS

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