Bbc
december 2009
UK soldier training for deployment in Afghanistan
President Barack Obama has pledged to send an extra 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, bringing the total of US forces there to about 100,000 within six months.
The US is the largest contributing nation to the international force whose numbers will now rise to more than 130,000. Currently it has 44,000 troops deployed with the Nato force in Afghanistan and there are also some 30,000 deployed as part of the US Operation Enduring Freedom - although the exact number is not known.
The UK currently contributes the second largest number of troops to the Afghan mission. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has promised to send another 500 troops, bringing the UK total to 10,000.
The full list of nations contributing to the Nato force here |