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Disagreements on the issue of extending troop deployments in Afghanistan among the members of ruling coalition took toll, consequently Dutch government has collapsed.Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende announced that his party was quitting the government after they failed to resolve issue of troops presence in a lengthy meeting that lasted over 15 hours.NATO had requested Dutch forces to stay in Afghanistan beyond 2010. Since the deployment 21 Dutch soldiers have been killed so far in Afghanistan.
