Worldfocus on Estonia emerging from Soviet rule to fight in Afghanistan
Over the weekend, NATO allies decided to contribute 5,000 additional short-term troops to the war effort in Afghanistan, some to help provide security for the country’s upcoming elections and others to help train the Afghan army.
The small eastern European nation of Estonia, population 1.3 million, has sent troops to Afghanistan, just as it did in Iraq.
Worldfocus correspondent Daljit Dhaliwal and producers Sally Garner and Ara Ayer report on Estonia’s military after Soviet occupation and its alliance with the U.S. in Afghanistan.
(Worldfocus is a nightly news program and website that fills the void in international news coverage and informs American viewers about the relevance of international events.)
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