Dutch Army in Afghanistan

[Hanno Spoelstra]

On 3rd of October the Netherlands Army released a movie shot by an army photographer. It shows footage of a Dutch-led Afghan unit attacking the northern flank of the Taliban in their position at the Kora Kora police post, near Chora, Uruzgan. At the same time a Dutch unit was attacking the same position from the south.

link to short version (7 min)

link to long version (15 min)

This is rare footage because since the invention of the film camera the Netherlands Army either wasn't fighting (WW1), was fighting very short (WW2), or media coverage was severely curtailed.

The Netherlands Army released this footage to show the peace really has to be enforced, so to speak. Many civilians and politicians do not realise we are really fighting a war far from home.

Hanno

P.S. the Dutch troops are equipped with Canadian-built Diemaco C7-series guns.