S. Korea to send troops to Afghanistan

South Korea's Foreign Ministry says that a security contingent of police and troops will be sent to Afghanistan to guard the work of a new and larger team of civilian engineers. The troops will not be allowed to engage in combat operations.

In 2007, 23 South Korean church workers were kidnapped and two killed by the Taliban forces in Afghanistan.

South Korean activists shout slogans during a rally against  the dispatch of South Korean troops to Afghanistan in front  of the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday,  Oct. 29, 2009. The South Korean government is considering  sending non-combat personnel to the war-torn country.  The letters read "Against the dispatch of South Korean  troops to Afghanistan."