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Spanish defense minister sticks to military presence in Afghanistan

MADRID, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Defense Minister Jose Bono Wednesday insisted on Spain's military presence in Afghanistan, after 17 soldiers died in a plane crash last week.

Bono adopted this attitude after some legislators asked the government to reconsider the Spanish military presence in Afghanistan.

The Spanish military presence at the Afghan base of Herat, under the command of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United Nations, is "necessary," said Bono when telling the Congress

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