Poland to take part in NATO’s support mission for Afghanistan

The Council of Ministers has approved the participation of Polish troops in NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan that will be launched next year. The mission will be a non-combat one. “The new mission will be of a completely different nature than the previous ones,” said Janusz Walczak from the Defense Ministry. “We will be advisers and trainers,” he added. The mission’s support will be directed primarily at Afghan ministries and institutions, as well as the higher command level of the Afghan security forces, NATO said. It will involve some 12,000 personnel from both NATO and partner nations. The mission is planned to operate with one central hub (in Kabul/Bagram) and four spokes in Mazar-e Sharif, Herat, Kandahar and Jalalabad.