http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L18611322&WTmodLoc=World-R5-Alertnet-2OSLO, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Norway's centre-left government said on Wednesday it would not send special forces to Afghanistan, rejecting NATO calls for reinforcements to southern Afghan regions where foreign soldiers face growing resistance.
Last month officials from the U.S.-led NATO military alliance called on Norway to boost its presence in Afghanistan from its current 480 troops, and diplomats had said that Norwegian officials signalled they would abide.
But Norway's foreign and defence ministers said in a joint statement that the country's forces were already stretched and that no more troops could be sent to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan for the time being.
The decision followed heightened tensions between the parties in Norway's Labour-led coalition government as politicians from the Socialist Left Party (SV), a junior coalition partner, opposed sending more soldiers.
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