NEW DELHI — India plans to send combat-trained camels to solve the transport headache facing a fledgling UN-African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region, officers here say.
India's Border Security Force (BSF) said it received a request last week from the United Nations to send the specially schooled animals to the troubled African region.
"In principle the BSF has agreed to the request and will wait for the UN to approach it through the ministry of home affairs," said the chief of India's elite 200,000-member frontier force, A. K. Mitra. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Drs. Foster & Smith Pet Supplies
India's Border Security Force (BSF) said it received a request last week from the United Nations to send the specially schooled animals to the troubled African region.
"In principle the BSF has agreed to the request and will wait for the UN to approach it through the ministry of home affairs," said the chief of India's elite 200,000-member frontier force, A. K. Mitra. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Drs. Foster & Smith Pet Supplies
