First multinational troops arrive in Kabul

An 11 nation advance team for Afghanistan’s international peacekeeping force has arrived in Kabul to assess what needs to be done before the arrival of foreign troops joining the British forces already providing security there.

British Colonel Richard Barrens, chief of staff at the headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force, said the 25 person team includes representatives from Germany, Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Norway, Romania, Spain and Sweden.