International Force for Kabul Extended a Year
From Times Wire Reports
The U.N. Security Council approved a yearlong extension of the international force in Kabul, but Afghanistan expressed disappointment that troops will not be deployed to other cities.
U.N. Ambassador Ravan Farhadi suggested that if countries like the United States, Britain, France and Germany didn’t want to provide troops and money for an expanded force, they should consider establishing a rapid-deployment force in Kabul that could be sent to trouble spots.
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