Showing posts with label South Korea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Korea. Show all posts

September 25, 2012

S. Korea Extends Deployment of Troops in Afghanistan

China Daily | Xinhua | SEOUL - South Korea's Cabinet on Tuesday endorsed a plan to extend the deployment of some of its troops tasked with protecting aid workers in strife-torn Afghanistan.

The one-year extension will allow some 70 troops to remain in Parwan province by December 2013 to protect 150 reconstruction workers there, while the remaining troops of the 350-member Oshino unit will end their mission by the end of the year...(READ MORE)