And NATO invited 'em??
Curiouser -n- curiouser.
This comes on the heels of Germany's pledge to add 1,000 more troops to its 3,500 already in Afghanistan.
There are currently some 60,000 foreign troops supporting operations by the fledgling Afghan National Army. About 43,000 of those foreign troops are under NATO command, and the rest are U.S.-led troops operating under U.S. command.
Troops from the United States, Britain, Canada, and the Netherlands have done the majority of the fighting in southern Afghanistan.
