Breaking: France Surrenders
Charles Johnson
Sun Dec 17, 2006 at 4:55 pm PST • Views: 513
They’re pulling out all 200 troops: France to pull troops from Afghanistan.
PARIS - France is to withdraw its 200-strong special forces from Afghanistan, all of its ground troops engaged in the U.S anti-terror operation there, authorities announced Sunday.
The decision to pull the elite troops, based in the southeastern city of Jalalabad, comes as the Taliban militia are gaining strength despite the strong engagement — some 32,800 troops — in NATO’s International Security Assistance Force. France has balked at sending its 1,100-strong NATO contingent outside the relatively safe Afghan capital, Kabul.
“There is a general reorganization of our (troops),” Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said during a visit to Afghanistan.
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