Tonga: A Small Nation With A Big Punch On Guard In Afghanistan | Forces TV

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Troops from the smallest nation to contribute to ISAF forces in Afghanistan have just deployed. The South Pacific kingdom of Tonga - population 123,000 - has sent a contingent to help protect the coalition's main supply base. Fifty-five Tongan marines have swapped their sparsely-populated islands for the unfamiliar chill of Helmand in winter.

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