Minister Presents Troop Reductions in Afghanistan to MPs

Ljubljana, 17 January - Defence Minister Aleš Hojs told a joint session of the parliamentary defence and foreign policy committees on Thursday that the number of Slovenian troops in Afghanistan would be reduced from 78 to 60 by mid-2013, while only about 30 would stay there after October.

Ljubljana Joint session of the parliamentary defence and foreign policy committees, which included a debate on changes to Slovenia's strategy for contributing to international efforts to stabilise Afghanistan Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Joint session of the parliamentary defence and foreign policy committees, which included a debate on changes to Slovenia's strategy for contributing to international efforts to stabilise Afghanistan
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Joint session of the parliamentary defence and foreign policy committees, which included a debate on changes to Slovenia's strategy for contributing to international efforts to stabilise Afghanistan Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Joint session of the parliamentary defence and foreign policy committees, which included a debate on changes to Slovenia's strategy for contributing to international efforts to stabilise Afghanistan
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Joint session of the parliamentary defence and foreign policy committees, which included a debate on changes to Slovenia's strategy for contributing to international efforts to stabilise Afghanistan Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Joint session of the parliamentary defence and foreign policy committees, which included a debate on changes to Slovenia's strategy for contributing to international efforts to stabilise Afghanistan
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Joint session of the parliamentary defence and foreign policy committees, which included a debate on changes to Slovenia's strategy for contributing to international efforts to stabilise Afghanistan Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Joint session of the parliamentary defence and foreign policy committees, which included a debate on changes to Slovenia's strategy for contributing to international efforts to stabilise Afghanistan
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Joint session of the parliamentary defence and foreign policy committees, which included a debate on changes to Slovenia's strategy for contributing to international efforts to stabilise Afghanistan Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Joint session of the parliamentary defence and foreign policy committees, which included a debate on changes to Slovenia's strategy for contributing to international efforts to stabilise Afghanistan
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Joint session of the parliamentary defence and foreign policy committees, which included a debate on changes to Slovenia's strategy for contributing to international efforts to stabilise Afghanistan Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Joint session of the parliamentary defence and foreign policy committees, which included a debate on changes to Slovenia's strategy for contributing to international efforts to stabilise Afghanistan
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Joint session of the parliamentary defence and foreign policy committees, which included a debate on changes to Slovenia's strategy for contributing to international efforts to stabilise Afghanistan Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Joint session of the parliamentary defence and foreign policy committees, which included a debate on changes to Slovenia's strategy for contributing to international efforts to stabilise Afghanistan
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Joint session of the parliamentary defence and foreign policy committees, which included a debate on changes to Slovenia's strategy for contributing to international efforts to stabilise Afghanistan Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Joint session of the parliamentary defence and foreign policy committees, which included a debate on changes to Slovenia's strategy for contributing to international efforts to stabilise Afghanistan
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Joint session of the parliamentary defence and foreign policy committees, which included a debate on changes to Slovenia's strategy for contributing to international efforts to stabilise Afghanistan Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Joint session of the parliamentary defence and foreign policy committees, which included a debate on changes to Slovenia's strategy for contributing to international efforts to stabilise Afghanistan
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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