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Tusk pledges more funding for troops in Afghanistan

19th August 2009
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New weapons and bullet-proof vests to be sent


Courtesy of KPRM

On Tuesday in Jarocin, Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defense Minister Bogdan Klich attended the funeral of Captain Daniel Ambroziński, who was killed on August 10 during a shoot-out with Taliban forces in Afghanistan.

The representatives of the government arrived at the ceremony directly from a meeting, during which the decision was made to make more equipment available to Polish forces stationed in Afghanistan. By the end of this year, these troops are to receive new bullet-proof vests, GPS receivers, 60mm mortars and machine guns, as well as other equipment.

Meanwhile, by next year the army will be supported by new Mi-17 helicopters, drone planes and machine guns. The funds devoted for this purpose, around zł.1 billion, will come from the Defense Ministry's budget.

Source: Gazeta Wyborcza

 


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