First 200 French soldiers to leave Afghanistan
KABUL: A first group of 200 French soldiers were due to leave Afghanistan on Wednesday as part of an early troop withdrawal announced in July by President Nicolas Sarkozy.A further 200 soldiers are...
October 19, 2011
A further 200 soldiers are due to return to France before Christmas, with another 600 leaving in 2012, ahead of a full drawdown of NATO's combat mission scheduled in 2014.
