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Today's armies are increasingly defined by their ability to innovate and integrate cutting-edge technologies such as cyberweapons, space systems, drones and artificial intelligence, all of which pose new operational and ethical challenges for combatants.

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German Military Engagement in Afghanistan: Conditions, Assessment, Outlook

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31 July 2010
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Since the beginning of 2010, German authorities have become conscious of the fact that they cannot continue to maintain the Bundeswehr’s involvement in Afghanistan with a majority of the German population opposing it. It is clearly understood that the federal government and the Bundestag will adhere to President Obama’s plans to gradually withdraw national troops from ISAF, starting in the summer of 2011, and to hand over complete control of the country’s security to Afghani authorities.

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