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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8765

10 August 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) nato/afghanistan
Eurocorps takes command of ISAF

Brussels, 09/08/2004 (Agence Europe) - Eurocorps and its commander, French General Jean-Louis Py assumed command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul on Monday 9 August. The Afghan operation is the first involving Eurocorps outside Europe. About 300 members of the Eurocorps headquarters staff will be deployed to Kabul, where two battalions of the Franco-German brigade are stationed. NATO forces in Afghanistan currently number slightly over 6500 staff, and this is...