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Albania to send additional troops to Afghanistan
Jul 28, 2009, 13:52 GMT
Tirana - Albania has made plans to nearly double its troop levels in Afghanistan ahead of that country's August presidential elections, the official news agency ATA reported Tuesday.
ATA said that a further 120 Albanian soldiers would join the international security assistance force (ISAF), in addition to the 140 already in Afghanistan. ISAF has a total of 64,500 troops.
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