Contributing Nations
All NATO members have contributed troops to the ISAF, as well as some other partner states of the NATO. The numbers are based in part from the NATO when more recent numbers are available they are given. As of July 2011, the number of troops are being decreased slowly due to security handover to Afghan government forces.
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