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French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie arrived Thursday in Afghanistan, where she will see in the New Year with a contingent of troops from her own country. The minister flew in on a military aircraft from Dushanbe in Tajikistan. On arrival in Kabul Alliot-Marie left most of her entourage behind and headed for the southern city of Kandahar. From there she will visit some 200 French special forces who are in Afghanistan alongside US-led troops. She will return to Kabul on Friday for talks with Afghan authorities and to celebrate New Year with around 900 French soldiers stationed in the Afghan capital as part of the peacekeeping International Security Assistance Force. All rights reserved. © 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse.
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