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| France troops to stay in Afghanistan - Alain Juppe | France troops to stay in Afghanistan - Alain Juppe |
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| France is not planning an immediate withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan, the French foreign minister has said. | France is not planning an immediate withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan, the French foreign minister has said. |
| Alain Juppe said he would not "succumb to panic" and remove all French soldiers, AFP report. | Alain Juppe said he would not "succumb to panic" and remove all French soldiers, AFP report. |
| On Friday, four French soldiers were killed and 15 were wounded during a shooting by an Afghan soldier in the northern province of Kapisa. | On Friday, four French soldiers were killed and 15 were wounded during a shooting by an Afghan soldier in the northern province of Kapisa. |
| France temporarily suspended operations in Afghanistan after the incident. | |
| The French defence minister, who was sent to the country after the attack, is expected to submit his report to President Nicolas Sarkozy later on Tuesday. | |
| "When I hear talk of an immediate withdrawal, such as at the end of 2012, I am not sure that this has been thought through and studied," Mr Juppe told the French parliament. | |
| "We must not give in to panic, we must not confuse an orderly withdrawal with a rushed withdrawal," he added. | |
| France has almost 4,000 personnel and troops in Afghanistan as part of the 130,000-strong Nato-led force there. | |
| The US plans to withdraw 33,000 soldiers by the end of 2012. |