Poland to send additional 400 troops to Afghanistan

The Herald Tribune reports,

Poland's government is expected to send 400 additional troops to its mission in Afghanistan, a move of increased importance amid destabilization in neighboring Pakistan, the nation's defense minister said Friday.

In addition,

Poland is also planning to send some 350 troops to Africa as part of a European Union mission to protect refugees in Chad.

While many pundits say the support for the war in Iraq is dminishing by citing countries which are pulling forces out of the region,

Warsaw has announced it is pulling its 900 troops out of the U.S.-led mission in Iraq by late 2008.

At least this article shows that while Poland is pulling 900 forces out of Iraq, Poland is similarly increasing its committment to Afghanistan and Chad.

With Al Qaeda defeated in Iraq, it is only logical for countries to pull out of Iraq and plus up other hotspots.