KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is sending military personnel to Afghanistan for the first time to provide medical and humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged country, officials said Thursday.
Twelve personnel were scheduled to leave for Afghanistan later Thursday and 28 others will join them by September, said Lt. Col. Salawati Yahaya, a Malaysian defense ministry representative.
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