
How Many Troops Are Currently In Afghanistan?
We take a look at the numbers of troops from different nations currently in Afghanistan

Picture: Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, or 2 YORKS, deployed in Kabul, Afghanistan in support of the NATO Resolute Support Mission.
As the UK Government is reportedly considering nearly doubling the number of British troops in Afghanistan, we have taken a look at who is stationed there at the moment.
They are part of the NATO-led Resolute Support mission to train, advise and assist the Afghan security forces and institutions.
The mission was launched on 1 January 2015, immediately following the standing down of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
The figures are from NATO and are indicative of troop numbers as of May 2018.
US: 8,475
Germany: 1,300
Italy: 895
Georgia: 872
Romania: 679
Turkey: 588
UK: 500
Australia: 300
Poland: 247
Czech Republic: 230
Bulgaria: 158
Denmark: 155
Armenia: 121
Azerbaijan: 120
Mongolia: 120
Croatia: 106
Netherlands: 100
Hungary: 93
Albania: 83
Belgium: 78
Bosnia-Herzegovina: 60
Norway: 54
Lithuania: 50
FYR Macedonia: 39
Latvia: 36
Slovakia: 34
Sweden: 29
Finland: 29
Montenegro: 20
Austria: 18
New Zealand: 13
Ukraine: 11
Portugal: 10
Slovenia: 8
Spain: 8
Greece: 6
Estonia: 5
Iceland: 2
Luxembourg: 1