Poland is to accept more responsibility in the international presence in Afghanistan, DPA quoted Poland's Foreign Minister Bodgan Klich as saying in an interview published Wednesday in the daily Dziennik. According to the plan, Poland wants to takeover responsibility for the province Paktika, bordering Pakistan. "The Polish national flag will be more visible," Klich said, adding that the goal was Polish military "autonomy" in the province. The United States would still continue to be responsible for guarding the border with Pakistan. Klich is planning to visit Washington to win US approval for the move, the report said. Currently around 1200 Polish soldiers are apart of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. The Poles stationed in the three eastern Afghan provinces of Ghazni, Katia and Paktika. The Polish contingent numbers is backed by the US 82nd Airborne Division.
