Current Affairs Government approves additional troops for Afghan mission

02-02-2010 15:19 | Jan Velinger

The government has approved reinforcements of 55 troops for the Czech contingent serving in Afghanistan. Earlier this year, lawmakers approved 535 troops to continue the Czech mission in the war-torn country, but finding approval for additional troops is not likely to prove easy. On Monday, the Social Democrats – long opposed to troop increases on foreign missions - wasted no time in coming out against the plan.

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