Sentence examples for troop contingent from inspiring English sources

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Germany was responsible for the third largest troop contingent in the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan, and its forces oversaw the vital transit hub at Mazar-e Sharif. Mazar-e Sharif

Its soldiers have participated in deployments to Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq, where its troop contingent became the third largest national contribution.

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New Zealand announced Monday that it would probably withdraw its small troop contingent from Afghanistan months ahead of schedule, aiming for early 2013 rather than October of that year.

Turkey has used its web of relations, especially in the Sunni world, to advance American interests in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan, where Turkey recently agreed to renew its NATO mandate as the commander of the troop contingent in Kabul.

The report also finds that Unmiss peacekeepers "did not operate under a unified command, resulting in multiple and sometimes conflicting orders to the four troop contingents from China, Ethiopia, Nepal and India, and ultimately underusing the more than 1,800 infantry troops at [headquarters]".

He opposed sending large new troop contingents to Iraq in 2006 and 2007, instead proposing that the country be divided into three semi-autonomous regions, a plan widely criticized as an unworkable partition.

In countries with smaller troop contingents, the shockwave from war deaths tends to be magnified.

Shades of Vietnam-style 'mission creep.' America's NATO allies have seen the writing on the wall in Kabul and are trying to disengage their troop contingents without infuriating Washington.

Russian media reported the redeployment of a 500-troop contingent but Ukrainian media said that unit was quickly replaced.