The UK is sending 250 soldiers to Mali to join the UN peacekeeping mission in 2020. Mali faces considerable political, security and governance challenges, compounded by a military coup in August 2020. This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the deployment and the situation in Mali.
Documents to download
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The International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (258 KB, PDF)
This note is intended to be a brief guide to the mandate upon which those forces are deployed; the command and control of forces in the country and the integration of ISAF with the US-led Operation Enduring freedom; current troop contributions and future force rotation plans and commitments.
It does not examine either wider political and economic developments in Afghanistan or the ccounter narcotics strategy.
Documents to download
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The International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (258 KB, PDF)
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