Australia calls for more Afghanistan troops

An additional 10,000 troops are required to quell a Taliban and al-Qaida insurgency in southern Afghanistan but European Nato partners appear unwilling to deploy more soldiers, Australia’s defence minister said today.

Australia calls for more Afghanistan troops

An additional 10,000 troops are required to quell a Taliban and al-Qaida insurgency in southern Afghanistan but European Nato partners appear unwilling to deploy more soldiers, Australia’s defence minister said today.

“At least 10,000 (more troops) would give us the critical mass necessary to do what we need to do on the military front,” Joel Fitzgibbon said.

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