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Zitat:Beyond Kabul
Oct 16th 2003 | KABUL
From The Economist print edition
Peacekeeping finally expands. Sort of
THE diplomats must be pleased with themselves. They have managed to package a small deployment of German soldiers to a safe(ish) bit of Afghanistan as a major new commitment to the country. The UN vote on October 13th finally allowing the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), under NATO command since August, to move beyond Kabul certainly wasn't bad news. Any support for the transitional government of Hamid Karzai, who had been pleading for such an expansion for months, is welcome. But closer inspection shows it, so far, to be cosmetic.
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