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Sofia News Agency January 29, 2010 Bulgaria Confirms Sending of 70 More Troops to Afghanistan Bulgaria’s newly appointed Foreign Minister and former Defense Minister Nikolay Mladenov has confirmed the country would send 70 more troops to Afghanistan. Thus, Bulgaria’s 500-strong contingent as part of ISAF is going to grow by 100 troops in 2010 as in the very beginning of the year the cabinet decided to send 30 more Bulgarian soldiers. “Bulgaria is performing well as part of the international operation in Afghanistan. We currently have a contingent of 500 soldiers in Kabul and Kandahar, and medical units in Kabul and heart,” Mladenov said speaking for Deutche Welle. “The international operation for stabilizing Afghanistan needs not only the increase of the US forces there by 30,000, it also necessitates the other participating countries to increase their forces according to their own capabilities. We saw, for example, that Romania doubled its contingent from 800 to 1 600 men. Germany has doubled its financial assistance,” Mladenov stated. The new Foreign Minister made it clear that the government is not considering a gradual pullout of the Bulgarian forces, and that their mandate is until the end of the ISAF mission. He made it clear that in addition to military efforts Bulgaria is going to participate in the training of the Afghan police. .... =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: rwroz...@yahoo.com or stopnato-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Daily digest option available. ==============================
