Hungarians To Guard Kabul Airport Again
- 1 Apr 2010 1:00 AM
"Hungarian soldiers will take charge of securing Kabul airport for another six months from the autumn, Defence Minister Imre Szekeres announced when he visited Hungarian soldiers in Afghanistan.
He said the Hungarian contingent will be increased by 200 next spring and will gradu-ally hand over its assignments to the Afghan authorities from the summer of 2011.
Nearly 330 Hungarians are currently serving in Af-ghanistan, 230 of whom are stationed in the Baghlan province."
Source: Hungary Around the Clock.
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