Slovenia will contribute half a million dollars to Afghan security forces after NATO combat operations there are scheduled to end in 2014, Prime Minister Janez Janša said after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
Slovenia is willing to help Afghan security forces protect the civilian population; this will be cheaper than helping with troops, Janša said. Janša also confirmed Slovenia planned to keep its troops in Afghanistan until the completion of the mission of the NATO-led ISAF force. Rasmussen acknowledged that the pullout of military units from Afghanistan would be a great logistic challenge for NATO, but he could not provide a cost estimate. Apart from Afghanistan, the pair discussed implementation of the conclusions of the recent NATO summit in Afghanistan, the situation in Syria and NATO expansion to Western Balkans.
Source: The Slovenia Times
