France May Send More Troops to Afghanistan
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PARIS — France may contribute “several hundred” more troops to reinforce the fight against the Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies in Afghanistan, the prime minister told parliament yesterday.
Francois Fillon, speaking at the National Assembly amid domestic opposition to a bigger French deployment, said NATO and its allies must stop Afghanistan from again becoming a hub of international terrorism.
It was the first time a senior French official publicly gave a figure for France’s plans to boost its forces in Afghanistan.
