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Cabinet reaches compromise on AfghanistanFriday 05 February 2010 Ministers have reached a compromise on extending the Dutch mission in Afghanistan past the August deadline, magazine Elsevier reports on its website, quoting cabinet sources. The magazine says the proposal, which involves staying in Afghanistan with a much smaller force, will be discussed by the full cabinet on Friday. A definite decision will be taken next Friday. Foreign minister Maxime Verhagen discussed the compromise with the Americans, British and Australians during last week's London conference on Afghanistan, Elsevier says. A number of extra conditions demanded by Labour ministers have been met, opening the way for a new deal. Labour, part of the three-party coalition government, is opposed to any extension. The Netherlands is to begin pulling its 1,800 soldiers and support staff out in August, with the last man due to leave in December. It is easier to justify an extra six months for the Dutch forces because the US has agreed to begin its pull out in August 2011, Elsevier says. © DutchNews.nl Get the DutchNews.nl newsletter in your mailbox: Click here to subscribe
how about they remove the soldiers DOING NOTHING in afghanistan while the state spends BILLIONS and buy some salt so that trucks with children dont have accidents in the highways?? just a suggestion. By kos | February 6, 2010 9:59 AM Lets be sure that another extension of the Dutch Armed Forces to continue in Afghanistan for six months would mean another few more years. I don't see the Americans or other allies leaving Afghanistan in the possible future. Everybody who is aware of the facts about this ongoing War against Terrorism is also aware of the facts that these forces wont be leaving until unless Vietnam like circumstance force them to leave. I wish our government could listen the majority of the citizen who are against our participation and for any extension. But they don't care about the popular public wish (their moral and conscience reaction after the David Commission Report on Iraq War tells us its not the Dutch Public but those who for known unknown reasons would like to continue in their globalization process.) By Khalid Ahmed Chaudry | February 6, 2010 6:12 PM Place your comments: |
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It is about time we pulled out of the Bush-Blair illegal war, everyone there will be tared with the same sour brush, I am surprised that Holland even went in on this in the first place.
By AT | February 5, 2010 6:29 PM