From CTK: The government yesterday approved the reinforcement of the Czech contingent serving in Afghanistan by up to 55 troops, Defence Minister Martin Bartak confirmed to CTK.

Fifteen new people are to help train the Afghan police and some 40 soldiers with two Arthur artillery hunting radars are to protect the Polish base in the Ghazni province…

The new troops can be deployed only after the Chamber of Deputies debates and approves the reinforcement, Foreign Minister Jan Kohout said, adding it would not be easy…

“The government decided so with regard to NATO commitments, requirements of the allies and on the basis of our own analyses being aware of responsibility for these commitments,” [Prime Minister Jan] Fischer said. (photo: NATO)