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                           Merkel Visits Afghanistan

   German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made a previously unannounced trip
   to Afghanistan to visit with German troops serving on the NATO
   peacekeeping force there.
   Ms. Merkel arrived Friday in northern Afghanistan, according to German
   officials. Her visit comes less than a week after a German soldier was
   killed in an insurgent attack in northern Afghanistan.
   Germany has the third-largest international troop deployment in
   Afghanistan, after the United States and Britain. It currently has
   about 4,200 troops in the NATO International Security Assistance Force.
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