Thursday, September 03, 2009

Afstan: Turkey to take command of ISAF Regional Command Capital, double troops strength

Going to some 1,600, still no combat role:
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[Turkish foreign minister Ahmet] Davutoglu said Turkey would increase the number of its troops to 1,600 from the current 795 when it takes over the rotating command of the NATO peacekeeping operation in Kabul in November [now commanded by French, see placemat here]. The Turkish troops in Afghanistan are not assigned to any combat mission.

Davutoglu said, however, the NATO chief had not made any "new demands."..
And note this:
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[New NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh] Rasmussen thanked Turkey for its contribution and called for “even more,” particularly trainers to help develop Afghanistan’s own security forces. Davutoglu said Turkey is already helping with training and didn’t make any new pledge...
Presumably a lot of the new troops will be part of the command tail.

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