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Dutch lawmakers set to back new Afghan mission

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Thursday, 27 January 2011 23:21 GMT

AMSTERDAM, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The minority Dutch government looked set to win parliamentary support on Friday for a police training mission in Afghanistan after amending the terms of the proposed deployment in a last-minute bid to win backing.

The left-leaning Greens party, which had had deep misgivings about the mission, eventually decided to vote in favour of it, effectively delivering the government its majority.

Two other small opposition parties, the Christian Union and Democrat 66 parties also said they would support the mission. (Reporting by Aaron Gray-Block)

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