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NATO TO SEND 2,000 EXTRA OCCUPATION TROOPS FOR AFGHANISTAN

07.09.2010 [17:18]
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Baku, September 7 (AZERTAC). NATO may deploy 2,000 more soldiers to Afghanistan to join the 140,000-strong international force already there, an official said Monday.

Top U.S. and NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus asked for the additional troops, nearly half of whom will be trainers for the rapidly expanding Afghan security forces, said the official who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the subject.

Petraeus also asked for troops who know how to neutralize roadside bombs, the cause of 60 percent of the 2,000 allied deaths in the nine-year war. They have also accounted for 30 percent of all Afghan civilian deaths.

The request comes ahead of NATO`s November summit, where the Afghan conflict will be a major topic of discussion. The alliance has had trouble raising more troops for the war effort, with at least 450 training slots still unfilled after more than a year.

The additional trainers are considered the essential element in allied plans to increase Afghanistan`s army and police from the present 300,000 members to 400,000 by next year, when the drawdown of international troops is expected to start.

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