Question 2: In September 2004, a Spanishbattalion (about 800 men) arrived to provide the ISAF Quick Reaction Force, and an ________ battalion (up to 1,000 troops) arrived to provide the in-theatre Operational Reserve Force.
Question 3: Since 2006 the insurgency of the Taliban has been intensifying, especially in the southern Pashtun parts of the country, areas that were the Taliban's original power base in the ________.
Question 6: The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is a NATO-led security and development mission in ________ established by the United Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001[1] as envisaged by the Bonn Agreement.
Question 8: Countries agreeing to ease the restrictions on deployment against the ________ include the Dutch, Romanians and smaller nations such as Slovenia and Luxembourg.
Question 10: ISAF was initially charged with securing Kabul and surrounding areas from the Taliban, al Qaeda and factional warlords, so as to allow for the establishment of the Afghan Transitional Administration headed by ________.