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Article: Slovak to reinforce military presence in Afghanistan
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- June 11, 2008
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Slovak to reinforce military presence in Afghanistan
PRAGUE, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The Slovak government has agreed to
significantly expand the country's military presence in Afghanistan,
the Czech news agency CTK reported on Wednesday.
According to the plan that still needs to be approved by
parliament, three guard units will leave for Afghanistan to serve at
military bases within the NATO-led International Security Assistance
Force (ISAF) mission.
A 50-strong unit is to start operating in the turbulent province
of Uruzgan in the second half of the year, according to the plan
announced by Defense Minister Jaroslav Baska in April.