SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED POWERS EUROPE
ALLIED COMMAND OPERATIONS
Media
Advisory
10 Oct
2008
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Statement by General John Craddock, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, on
ISAF Counter Narcotics Mandate Expansion
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY — "At the request of the
Afghan government, I am grateful the North Atlantic Council has given me the
authority to expand the International Security and Assistance Force's (ISAF)
role in counter narcotic operations. We now have the ability to move
forward in an area that affects the security and stability of
Afghanistan. It
will allow us to reduce the funding and income to the insurgents -- which will
enhance the force protection of all ISAF and Afghan National Security Force
personnel."
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