Leader Reaffirms Poland's Role in Iraq, Afghanistan
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Poland's new prime minister yesterday reaffirmed his nation's commitment to fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he suggested during his first U.S. visit that Poland might be willing to host elements of a missile defense system.
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Poland's election Sunday could bring to power a party that favors a quicker end to the country's military mission in Iraq and tougher bargaining over hosting a U.S. missile defense base Â while still promising to remain a strong American ally.
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President Ivan Gasparovic and his Polish counterpart Aleksander Kwasniewski agreed during Gasparovic's official two-day visit to Poland that the withdrawal of Slovak and Polish troops from Iraq would ...
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Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski said Wednesday that Hungary&#39;s decision to pull out of its troops from Iraq will not influence his country.
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WARSAW, Poland  - Poland's prime minister marked the 65th anniversary of the start of the Second World War on Wednesday, unveiling a new memorial on the spot where a German warship fired the opening shots at a Polish munitions depot, sparking nearly six years of bloody conflict.
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Poland is to send an extra 1,000 troops to help Nato in Afghanistan, but not until next year.
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BERLIN In a surprise announcement, Poland said Monday that it would withdraw its troops from Iraq by the end of 2005, leaving the US-led multinational forces the task of finding replacements to fill a crucial security role in south-central Iraq.
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Poland and Iraq signed a military cooperation agreement Wednesday under which Poland will provide military equipment to Iraq and train Iraqi armed forces.
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Poland, one of the main pillars of the US-led coalition in Iraq, will soon fix a date for the withdrawal of its 2,500 troops, its defence minister said, the day after he surprised Washington by promising a pullout by the end of 2005.
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WARSAW, Poland Poland&#39;s defense minister says his country should pull its troops out of Iraq at the end of 2005. It&#39;s the first official indication of when the country may leave Iraq.
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Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka shared a Christmas meal with Polish troops in Iraq on Wednesday in a brief visit to the country, a military official said.
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Polish PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski discusses  troops in Iraq and controversial missile base proposals during a US trip.
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WARSAW, Dec 3  Poland said today Ukraine's troop withdrawal from Iraq would deal a fresh blow to the already slimmed down multi-national division under its command.
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Poland will boost its forces in Afghanistan by 400 troops to a total of 1,600 after the assassination of Pakistan's opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, Defence Minister Bogdan Klich said Friday.
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Poland agrees to send an extra 1,000 troops to Afghanistan to join Nato forces there.
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Prime Minister Marek Belka promised to reduce Poland&#39;s military presence in Iraq from early 2005 and maintain buoyant economic growth if he wins a confidence vote in his minority cabinet Friday.
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Poland&#39;s army has begun preparing a new troop contingent that would be sent to Iraq early next year if needed, the country&#39;s defence minister said Saturday, despite public opinion against the mission.