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German Parliament okays expanding troop operations in Afghanistan

IRNA

Berlin, Oct 24, IRNA -- German Parliament approved extending the 
German troop contingent of the International Security and Assistance 
Force`s (ISAF) mandate beyond Kabul. 
Some 531 deputies voted for the bill, while 57 casted their 
balllots against it and five MPs abstained in the parliament`s lower 
house, the Bundestag. 
Berlin plans to send the first civilian reconstruction teams and 
up to 450 soldiers to the north Afghan region of Kunduz before the 
outbreak of the upcoming winter. 
Some 1,800 German ISAF troops are already deployed in the Afghan 
capital Kabul. 
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