Fact sheet on NATO deployments in Afghanistan

Published on 8 February, 2008

Amidst the debate about NATO becoming a 'two-tier' alliance, we have prepared a Fact Sheet about NATO troop deployments in Afghanistan. We compare troop commitments by individual countries with overall army sizes, and conclude that while the UK comes out on top with 4.29 % of active forces deployed, the US is lower down the list (1%) sandwiched between Luxembourg (1% also) and the Czech Republic (1.04%)

Download the Fact Sheet: http://ecfr.eu/page/-/documents/ECFR-NATO-fact-sheet-Feb08.pdf

Download the breakdown of all active troop numbers: http://ecfr.eu/page/-/documents/ECFR-NATO-active-troops.pdf

Press clippings

Gates hits NATO allies' role in Afghanistan, Washington Post, 07 February 2008

Afghanistan, missile shield to dominate Munich conference, Agence France Presse, 07 February 2008

Problems on all fronts as Afghan mission reaches turning point, The Guardian, 06 February 2008

La situación en Afganistán centra reunion de Brown y Rice, EFE, 06 February 2008

Getting boots off the ground, The Economist, 25 January 2008