The government of the Netherlands collapsed in February after the prime minister tried to keep Dutch forces in Afghanistan from returning home this year.
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Dutchforces became part of the stabilisation force that was deployed to Iraq in the years after the war.
Canadian, U.S. and Dutchforces participating in ISAF soundly defeated the Taliban in the largest series of battles since the overthrow of the Taliban government in 2001 by U.S. forces.