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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (AFP/Georges Gobet)
"I don't know that, other than to look at the strong verbal support that the French have given us," Clinton said in an interview from Brussels with US public television network PBS.
"They do have significant numbers there now, but we hope that they will come forward."
France has 3,300 troops in Afghanistan and has welcomed the new US strategy on Afghanistan. But Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has said there was no need to adjust France's troop levels.
President Barack Obama laid out a plan Tuesday to send 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan but also to start pulling out forces in 2011.
Washington called on European allies and partners fighting alongside US troops in Afghanistan to find 5,000 to 7,000 soldiers to swell their ranks.
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"They do have significant numbers there now, but we hope that they will come forward."
France has 3,300 troops in Afghanistan and has welcomed the new US strategy on Afghanistan. But Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has said there was no need to adjust France's troop levels.
President Barack Obama laid out a plan Tuesday to send 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan but also to start pulling out forces in 2011.
Washington called on European allies and partners fighting alongside US troops in Afghanistan to find 5,000 to 7,000 soldiers to swell their ranks.
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