The Danish Government has rejected Nato’s request to deploy F-16 fighters to Afghanistan due to its tight defence budget.

Foreign Minister Lene Espersen told AFP that Denmark is one of the countries that has contributed the most to Afghanistan.

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The government has a strong desire to scale down Denmark’s military engagement in Afghanistan and is under no obligation to do more, according to Espersen.

The F-16 requested by Nato is a multirole fighter aircraft that is highly manoeuvrable.

Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said Denmark would withdraw all its combat troops from Afghanistan by 2015.

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