Government preparing detailed plan for future of Afghanistan mission

The Ministries of Defence and Foreign Affairs will be submitting a plan in the coming months detailing the next two to three years of involvement in Afghanistan, the ministers told Czech Television on Sunday. The plan is to include a budget for Czech military and civilian missions. Defence Minister Kohout expressed his desire to see political unity on the plan. The future of Czech foreign missions was uncertain earlier in the year due to political wrangling. Several hundred Czech soldiers and civilian specialists are currently in Afghanistan on reconstruction and anti-terrorism missions.