PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government will send the first shipment of ammunition to Kurdish forces in Iraq next week, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday.
The Czech government agreed last month to supply $2 million (£1.2 million) worth of ammunition for Kalashnikov assault rifles and machine guns, as well as hand grenades and ammunition for rocket-propelled grenades, to the Kurds to help them fight Islamic State insurgents who have overrun wide areas of northern Iraq.
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