Germany set to beef up its Afghan forces

Article reports that the German cabinet agreed, 7 October 2008, to send significantly more troops to Afghanistan despite waning domestic support for the Nato-led mission.

Deutsche Welle, 7.10.08: Germany Extends Afghanistan Mission http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3694028,00.html

Spiegel Online International, 7.10.08: 'There Will Be No Lasting Peace without the Taliban' http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,582681,00.html

NATO: Issues: Operations: Afghanistan http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_8189.htm

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