Hundreds of French troops deploy to Afghanistan
NATO says that hundreds of French troops have been deployed to train and mentor Afghan security forces in southern Afghanistan.NATO says the troops traveled in 94 vehicles from Kandahar to Uruzgan province on Wednesday.It says the deployment was one of the largest ground military convoys in southern Afghanistan in years.The unit will provide training and support to Afghan army infantry battalions.
France has offered to send a battalion of troops to eastern Afghanistan, a Nato spokesman at the alliance's summit in Bucharest has confirmed.