Italy to cut 100 from Afghan mission, 50 from Mosul

(ANSA) - Rome, October 1 - Italy is to cut 100 men from its Afghan mission by the end of the country's electoral process at the end of this month and 50 from the Praesidium mission protecting the Mosul Dam in Iraq, sources told ANSA Monday.
    The Mosul expedition will then be wound up "in the first quarter of 2019," the sources said.
    Defence Minister Elisabetta Trenta will make the necessary moves in a foreign missions decree she will bring to cabinet in the coming days, sources said.