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Albania sends more troops to Afghanistan, Darfur

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TIRANA, April 7 – Albania will send two other military units to Afghanistan to help train the Afghan army and other troops to Darfur, Sudan to join peacekeeping forces there, according to Prime Minister Sali Berisha.
Albania also has 350 troops in an EU-led mission in Bosnia, NATO-led mission in Afghanistan and the U.S.-led forces in Iraq.
Berisha said that with the last increase in troops, their number will go up to about 450 and further talks would be held with NATO if more were needed.
Albania, along with Croatia, was formally invited to join NATO at the alliance’s summit in Bucharest, last week.(Tirana Times Staff)

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