Afghan Costs Weigh Heavily On Reform Effort, Says President

Poland's president says the rising cost of Poland's participation in NATO operations in Afghanistan has hurt the effort to modernize the military, reports Deutsche Presse-Agentur.

Poland is trying to reform and modernize its armed forces, at the same time it has 2,630 troops in Afghanistan, said President Bronislaw Komorowski during a visit to NATO headquarters.

The president urged NATO to articulate a strategy for ending operations in Afghanistan as soon as possible,...