The remaining troops will be moved to Afghanistan during August. The 200 members of the contingent will stay there for six months, Plescher said. "Their main tasks will be the support to the central government in Logar, cooperation with the Afghan armed and security forces in the province, implementation of reconstruction and humanitarian projects, monitoring and assessment of the security situation and protection of the base," Plescher said. The contingent is composed of the military and civilian parts.
The former, numbering 200 soldiers including four women, will be stationed along with its equipment at the U.S. base SHANK. The soldiers underwent a thorough training in the Czech military district Libava. Police initiate charges against Czech-Afghan chamber head ...
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PM Topolanek visits Czech soldiers in Afghanistan ... They trained reactions to various incidents they may encounter in Afghanistan such as a suicide attack. Commander Pavel Lipka said 95 percent of the troops had experience with foreign missions. The 2nd contingent will serve at the border with Pakistan, at the altitude of 2000 metres. Two Czech soldiers died in Afghanistan this year after a suicide attack in Helmand and after a bomb exploded in Logar.
(Ceske Noviny)
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