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Denmark to send 55 soldiers to Afghanistan

Reuters/Copenhagen

October 02, 2017 | 06:13 PM

An Afghan policeman keeps watch at the site of a car bomb attack in Kabul last week.

Denmark, part of the Nato-led military mission in Afghanistan, said on Monday it will send an additional 55 soldiers to the country to boost security efforts after a car bomber attacked a Danish convoy last week.

The soldiers will assist the 97 Danish soldiers already in Afghanistan protecting advisers travelling to and from the Afghan military academy near Kabul, Denmark's Ministry of Defence said on Monday."If the Afghan government loses control, Afghanistan will once again become a haven for terrorist groups and we risk another wave of refugees to Europe and Denmark," Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen said in a statement.The 55 Danish soldiers will be stationed in Kabul at the beginning of 2018.

By Reuters/Copenhagen

October 02, 2017 | 06:13 PM