Czech Republic sends more soldiers to Afghanistan

The Czech Republic is sending a military contingent to Afghanistan where it will protect a Dutch military base in Uruzgan province. The contingent will be made up of soldiers from the Liberec chemical and biological warfare brigade and should have 63 members in all. A logistics team of twenty people has already departed for Uruzgan province. The Czech military also operates a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Logar, comprising 200 soldiers and 10 civilian experts and a 100-member field hospital in Kabul.