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Taliban warns S. Korea over troop deployment plan
Dec. 09, 2009
(ATTN: UPDATES with S. Korean gov't report on terrorism in last four paras)
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan have warned South Korea against its plan to send troops to the war-torn country, saying Seoul must prepare for "bad consequences" if the troops are deployed as scheduled, according to wire reports Wednesday.
South Korea announced on Tuesday a plan to deploy up to 350 troops to Afghanistan for two-and-a-half years to assist U.S.-led efforts to fight insurgency and rebuild the Central Asian country.
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