Germany is to withdraw its six Tornado reconnaissance aircraft from Afghanistan, it was announced on 23 September.rnThe Tornados, which are based in Mazar-e-Sharif, are scheduled to be pulled out in November.rnThe decision was made by German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg in the context of the German troop ceiling in Afghanistan being 5,000, the need to train and build up the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and the deployment of German unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Afghanistan, the announcement said.
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机译：9月23日宣布，德国将从阿富汗撤回其六架龙卷风侦察机.rn设在马扎里沙里夫的龙卷风计划于11月撤出.rn德国国防部长卡尔做出的决定。声明说，在阿富汗的德国部队上限为5,000人，需要训练和建立阿富汗国家安全部队（ANSF）以及在阿富汗部署德国无人飞行器（UAV）的背景下，西奥多·祖古腾堡（Theodor zu Guttenberg）
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