The Dutch coalition government has collapsed amid a political disagreement over the continued war in Afghanistan. The left-leaning Labor Party has left the government because it wants the Netherlands to adhere to a scheduled military withdrawal of most of its 1600 troops from the Afghan province of Uruzgan by the end of August. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen had asked the Netherlands to maintain a smaller presence.
The Dutch withdrawal is another challenge for NATO. The Western defense alliance is already struggling to assemble 10,000 additional troops that General Stanley McCrystal DEMANDS to accompany the 30,000 extra American troops being deployed there.
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