German military on November 24 said that they are reducing the military presence in the Kunduz Province, reports Reuters.Germany started to redeploy its around 100 troops from the camp in Kunduz, which is located inside a larger Afghan base, about a week ago, the German military spokesman said. If military advisers were needed in Kunduz in future, German troops would be flown there from a large base in Mazar-i-Sharif where around 1,000 German soldiers are stationed, he said.
The move was planned by North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)’s mission in Kabul in late summer and is not a reaction to the United States’ announcement last week that it will cut United States (US) forces in Afghanistan to 2,500 from 4,500 by mid-January, a spokesman for Germany’s Joint Operations Command said.