BERLIN: Germany, the third biggest supplier of international troops to Afghanistan, moved on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) to extend the deployment’s mandate until the end of 2016 and slightly boost the size of its contingent.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet agreed to allow up to 980 soldiers to serve in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) mission, up from 850 previously.
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