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German Chancellor visits Afghanistan
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Source: CCTV.com | 04-07-2009 09:52
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Chancellor Angela Merkel has visited German troops stationed in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz.
Accompanied by Defense Minister Franz-Josef Jung, this was Merkel's second visit to the country. But, shortly after she left, attackers hurled rockets towards the German military camp.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, second right, smiles as she talks with a female trainee during her visit to Afghan police cadets in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, Monday April 6, 2009.(AP Photo/Michael Kappeler, Pool) |
No one was injured. Merkel also visited civilian projects though no political meetings in Kabul were planned.
Germany has about 3,800 troops in Afghanistan with a parliamentary mandate to send 4,500 as part of a NATO mission.
The mission is unpopular among voters and the Chancellor is reluctant to increase the number of German combat troops.
Editor:Zhang Pengfei