Security Forces Back From Afghanistan
October 30 2009
A 71-man contingent of Finnish troops returned to Finland this week after four months in Afghanistan, reports the Helsingin Sanomat.
The Finns were deployed to help provide security for the Afghan elections in August.
Thirteen Finnish military personnel remain in Afghanistan to take down their camp in Mazar-e-Sharif in the northern part of the country, according to government officials.
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