It has the second largest number of troops in the country, stationed mainly in the south.
It also has the third-largest contingent of troops there, after America and Britain.
Britain has the second-largest contingent of troops in Iraq -- about 4, 100 -- after the United States, which has about 142, 500.
In the U.K., the second largest contributor of troops to Afghanistan, Gen.
After America, Britain is by some distance the second largest contributor in both troops and treasure to the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
In one sign, the Mormon church, the largest sponsor of Scouting troops and a past opponent of causes such as gay marriage, said in a statement it supported the decision and "moves forward in its association" with the Scouts.
Bagram, near the Afghan capital Kabul, is the largest military base for US troops in Afghanistan.
Some 1, 500 Indian troops provide the largest contingent in the force which is led by Major-General Rajender Singh.
At the outskirts of Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, coalition forces skirmished with Iraqi troops.
Germany has more than 4, 000 troops in Afghanistan, the third largest contingent after the US and Britain.
The United States is the largest contributor, providing some 90, 000 troops, followed by the United Kingdom (9, 500), Germany (4, 800) and France (3, 600).
Britain has 4, 100 troops in Iraq, the second-largest contingent after the United States with 142, 500.
The country boasts the largest number of U.S. and coalition troops, about 1, 500, of any nation in Central Asia outside Afghanistan.
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The largest peace-keeping contingency has historically always been Pakistani troops.
After the United States, Great Britain is the largest contributor of combat forces in Afghanistan, and British troops and civilians have served and sacrificed in some of the most dangerous parts of the country.
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With more than 3, 000 troops committed in Afghanistan -- the third largest foreign contingent after the United States and Britain -- any pullout by Germany would be a huge blow to NATO, both operationally and in terms of prestige.
The UN, which is helping to manage the division of Africa's largest country, is desperately trying to negotiate a withdrawal of northern troops, so far without success.
If fully deployed, the hybrid force of U.N. and African Union police and military units would be the world's largest peacekeeping force, draw upon a maximum of 19, 555 military troops and 6, 432, civilian police.
Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to send more than 3, 000 additional troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo, bolstering a mission that is already its largest peacekeeping force in the world.
Britain, which had the largest contingent after the U.S. - it provided more than 45, 000 troops in the early days of the war - they're down to just over 5, 000, fifty-five hundred troops now.
The Americans gave Mr Saakashvili token help when they transported Georgian troops home from Iraq (where 2, 000 of them made up the third-largest allied contingent).
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