New Zealand's PM commits troops for one more year

New Zealand’s prime minister said troops will remain in Afghanistan until at least September 2010, extending by another year a troop commitment that began in 2001.

New Zealand's PM commits troops for one more year

New Zealand’s prime minister said troops will remain in Afghanistan until at least September 2010, extending by another year a troop commitment that began in 2001.

Some 140 New Zealand soldiers currently make up a provincial reconstruction team working to provide security and development aid in Bamiyan province, northeast of the capital, Kabul.

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