Abstract
This chapter discusses the effects of the internationalization process discussed in the previous chapter, which became most palpable in the German area of operations in northern Afghanistan, where the German army, the Bundeswehr, was confronted not only with Afghan insurgents, but also with an increasing threat posed by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) fighters. The choice to maintain a German presence in the conflict in Afghanistan was an unpopular one, albeit one deemed necessary to advance Germany's efforts at counterterrorism. Yet the presence of German troops in Afghanistan proved to be disastrous as it was used to the terrorists' advantage, by encouraging the influx of German jihadists into local terrorist organizations, some of them motivated by a desire to go up against the German troops in particular.
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