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| Spain Ends Afghan Mission But Leaves 25 Troops in Kabul |
| 2015-10-26 |
| [ToloNews] Spanish troops lowered their flag Friday at their base in western Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... province, ending their 14-year mission, with a ceremony presided over by Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria. Nonetheless, Spain will honor its commitment to Afghanistan by leaving 25 soldiers in Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... at the general barracks of the international mission led 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... Accompanied by Defense Chief of Staff Adm. Fernando Garcia Sanchez and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Jaime Dominguez Buj, the deputy prime minister praised the troops for their work in missions abroad. About Afghanistan she recalled the more than 100 troops who died during the mission and said it is impossible to forget that the army came "to a war that demanded the greatest efforts right up to the ultimate consequences." Since the mission was launched in January 2002, close to 30,000 Spanish troops have served in Afghanistan. |
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