The peacekeepers say that, for example, Finland's Defence Forces have not supplied Finnish ISAF troops with utility vests. The Finnish soldiers in the peacekeeping force have borrowed vests from Swedish and Norwegian soldiers or purchased the equipment themselves.

The government will be reconsidering the status of Finnish peacekeepers in Afghanistan in light of the deteriorating security situation. Defence Minister Seppo Kääriäinen says the cabinet will evaluate the security situation in the country within the next few weeks, and determine whether the country is safe enough for Finnish peacekeepers.

The Finnish Defence Forces plans to report in the coming days on a Finnish soldier stationed in Afghanistan who was possibly injured by friendly fire earlier this month.

The soldier was seriously wounded in an incident in which six Finnish peacekeepers that were carrying out night time exercises became involved in an exchange of fire with two or three individuals who it was later discovered were local policemen. The wounded Finnish soldier was on guard duty at the time and caught in the crossfire.

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