Eight Defense ministers discuss southern Afghanistan

Defense ministers from the eight nations with troops fighting the Taliban in southern
Afghanistan were meeting in the Netherlands on Wednesday to
take stock of their progress.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was to be joined by
his counterparts from Britain, Canada, Australia, the
Netherlands, Denmark, Romania and Estonia.
Dutch Maj. Gen. Mart de Kruif was scheduled to brief the
ministers on the situation in southern Afghanistan at the
end of the day, according to a report of Associated Press.