TURKEY COULD COMMAND ISAF FOR TWO MORE MONTHS
Turkey’s command handover of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan to joint German-Dutch forces isn’t likely to take place on Dec. 20 as scheduled, diplomatic sources said yesterday. Turkey took over the command on June 20 for a planned six-month term, and is now expected to retain command for another two months to give Germany and the Netherlands more time to complete necessary preparations, the sources added. The joint German-Dutch forces will, at best, be ready to arrive at Afghanistan in January and take over the ISAF command in February 2003. /Cumhuriyet/
