Los Angeles Times
November 24, 2006
By Times Wire Reports
NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said he was counting on German troops to operate in any volatile part of Afghanistan if the need arises, and not just in the more peaceful northern sector.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel had made it clear Wednesday that Berlin did not plan to deploy troops to volatile southern Afghanistan.
The 2,900 German troops in Afghanistan serve under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the north.

**** like this pisses me off, if your are sending soldiers to a combat zone THEY SHOULD FIGHT.... I guess WW2 was just too much for Germany. Go big or go home.