From Reuters:BOGOTA, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Colombia, a key Washington ally in Latin America, is studying whether to send troops to Afghanistan to lend support to the U.S.-led campaign against the Taliban insurgency, the government said.
Colombia has received billions of dollars in U.S. military aid to counter its own leftist guerrillas and drug traffickers. Violence has dropped sharply as the insurgency weakens, but the country remains the world's No. 1 cocaine producer.
A team of top Colombian military officials traveled to Afghanistan on Wednesday to evaluate cooperation, including helping in military engineering, mine removal, special operations and counter-narcotics missions, the defense ministry said.
"They will analyze, according to Colombia's experience, the best way to collaborate in Afghanistan and the areas where Colombia can offer its knowledge," the ministry said in a statement on its Web site.
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My Comment: This is what allies do. Colombia knows who their friends are.
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