One of NATO's few contributing nations to the war in Afghanistan is going to have to sit on the sidelines a little longer, as someone stole the keys to their vehicles.
Poland which is supposed to be preparing to patrol the mountainous border regions between Afghanistan and Pakistan, has discovered that thieves have stolen a wide collection of keys for their various vehicles.
Until they are replaced, which apparently involves calling home for someone to send a back up set, the convoy's will not be deployed into action.
Hopefully they'll have somebody guarding the vehicles while they wait, just to make sure nobody steals the tires as well...
Stolen keys delay start of military mission
Thu Jun 7, 2007 11:08AM EDT
Thu Jun 7, 2007 11:08AM EDT
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's 1,200 troops assigned to NATO forces in Afghanistan will not achieve full combat readiness for up to several weeks due to stolen vehicle keys, the defense ministry said Thursday.
"We had been told a 10 percent theft rate was likely in convoys brought in from Pakistan, but we had not expected the spare car keys to go missing," defense ministry spokesman Jaroslaw Rybak told news channel TVN24.
"We shall have to send away for spares, so it may take from several days to several weeks for our contingent to become combat ready."
According to media reports, Polish troops taking part in NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan have been assigned to patrol the mountainous border area with Pakistan to search for Taliban guerrilla activity.
The military vehicles used by Polish forces include Poland's Land Rover-like Honkers and U.S.-built Humvees.
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