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| Germany Starts Reducing Troops in Kunduz: Report |
| 2020-11-25 |
| [ToloNews] Germany is reducing its military presence in the northern province of Kunduz that was planned by NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... ’s mission in Kabul in late summer, Germany’s military said as quoted by Rooters. The reduction is not a reaction to the United States’ announcement last week that it will cut US forces in Afghanistan to 2,500 from 4,500 by mid-January, a front man for Germany’s Joint Operations Command said quoted by Rooters. Germany started to redeploy its around 100 troops from the camp in Kunduz, which is located inside a larger Afghan base, about a week ago, the German military front man said. If military advisers were needed in Kunduz in future, German troops would be flown there from a large base in Mazar-e-Sharif, capital of northern Balkh province where around 1,000 German soldiers are stationed, he said. With roughly 1,200 troops, Germany has deployed the second largest military contingent in Afghanistan after the United States. German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said earlier on Tuesday, Berlin expected to learn more details on the planned US withdrawal from Afghanistan in the coming days, he Rooters reported said. "When the Americans specify over the coming days what troops they intend to pull out and which locations will be affected, we will see what short term effects the drawdown will have for our mission there," she said. On November 18, US acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller said that US troop presence in Afghanistan and Iraq will be reduced to 2,500 in each country by mid-January. |
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