Albania sends first fighting mission to Afghanistan

29/07/2010

TIRANA, Albania -- Albania sent 44 troops to Kabul on Wednesday (July 28th), its first fighting mission in Afghanistan. Albanian commandos will be deployed alongside US and British troops. Prime Minister Sali Berisha and Defence Minister Arben Imami attended a ceremony at the airport. "You are going to a difficult front, but you will be part of an alliance which recognises only victories," Berisha said. Albanian troops are also deployed with peacekeeping missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chad and Iraq. (Balkan Web, Shekulli, Top Channel, VOA - 28/07/10)

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