No. of S. Korean forces to Afghanistan to be under 400: official
By Sam Kim SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- The number of South Korean troops and security personnel to be deployed to Afghanistan will remain under 400, a defense ministry spokesman said Thursday.
"The size will not go beyond 400," Won Tae-jae, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, told reporters. A government source told Yonhap earlier in the day the number will likely be between 300-400.
South Korea plans to send troops to protect a group of civilians working in the Central Asian country where the U.S. is fighting an insurgency. The Seoul government said last week after a weeklong fact-finding mission that it is considering setting up a camp for soldiers and civilian workers in a northern Afghan province.
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