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PETER STANNERS NATO summit in Chicago agreed on timetable for Afghanistan exit and the pooling of military hardware, including drones partially funded by Denmark
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ENMARK continued to position itself as a key player in ensuring the future security of Afghanistan at a summit of leaders from the military alliance NATO in Chicago over the weekend. The summit agreed to maintain the planned withdrawal of the NATO-led forces by the end of 2014, which will
leave the security of the country entirely in the hands of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). Despite the agreement to withdraw forces, PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Socialdemokraterne) conceded that some foreign personnel will remain in the country. “There is no doubt that we will have Danes in Afghanistan after 2014,” Thorning-Schmidt said at a press conference. “There will be a need for military training personnel and those who can help with civilian reconstruction. And when Danes are deployed, we must also ensure their security.” There are currently about 650 Dan-
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ish troops in Afghanistan – of a total 130,000 troops, which are provided by 42 countries from around the world. The Afghanistan army now numbers about 330,000, and its annual bill is expected to reach about 24 billion kroner. With Afghanistan expected to cover about three billion kroner and the US about 13 billion kroner of that amount, about eight billion kroner remains unaccounted for. Denmark has spearheaded efforts to find funding to make up the shortfall. It has so far committed 100 million kroner to funding the ANSF and another 530 million for civilian purposes, while also drawing pledges for funding from other
NATO members. Late on Monday night, ThorningSchmidt announced that she had managed to raise almost six of the eight billion kroner. “Our effort has borne fruit,” Thorning-Schmidt said according to Ritzau. “It’s far more than we had imagined when we started the meeting.” Denmark’s commitment to Afghanistan was praised by NATO’s secretary general, and former Danish PM, Anders Fogh Rasmussen. “Denmark has made a positive contribution by being a driving force in the
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