Poland's force in Afghanistan will be enlarged by 400 troops between April and May next year, defense minister Bogdan Klich announced on Friday.
Klich said the assassination of Pakistani former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Thursday threatened to destabilize the entire region, including Afghanistan.
"The destabilization of the situation in Pakistan and the danger that this instability will expand in the region and to Afghanistan has forced us to reinforce our military contingent," he told the commercial TVN24 news channel.
Poland currently has about 1,200 soldiers deployed in the 36,000-strong U.N. mandated and NATO led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.
Source: Xinhua
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