German Chancellor Angela Merkel and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg shake hands after a news conference following their talks in Berlin, Germany, May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will continue to lead NATO's military training mission in northern Afghanistan, but is not looking to increase its presence there or to expand its role in the fight against Islamic State, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday.
Merkel is running for a fourth term in September national elections, with many Germans wary of military deployments given the country's militaristic and nationalistic past.
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