This could also mean that US troops are about to leave Afghanistan and redeploy on the Iranian border
Australia Will Send 240 Extra Troops to Afghanistan From July
Australia will send an extra 240 soldiers to Afghanistan to help in reconstruction and security efforts in the nation’s south, Prime Minister John Howard said.
“The situation in Afghanistan remains quite fraught,” Howard told reporters in Canberra. The deployment of soldiers will begin in July, he said.
The Australian soldiers will partner with Dutch forces as part of an expanded “peacekeeping” operation being led by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The deployment will cost A$270 million ($208 million), Defense Minister Brendan Nelson said.
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