Czech Republic to send reconstruction team to Afghanistan

The Czech Republic will send a 200-strong reconstruction team to Afghanistan in March of this year. The Czechs are expected to follow up US development projects in the Afghan province of Logar and the three-year operation will involve projects in agriculture, construction and water management. Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said on Monday the operation would involve certain security risks. It will not be easy – they will have to cope with mines as well as be able to occasionally deliver a baby, he told journalists.