NEW DELHI (PTI): The first batch of a total of 4000 troops committed by India for duty in strife-torn Somalia under the United Nations auspices will leave for Mogadishu on Aug.28.
An external affairs ministry spokesman Friday said that the first advance party would include medical teams and the troops dealing with logistics.
Batches of Indian troops would be leaving the country every week for Somalia,
A delay in the dispatch was al tribute by the officials to finalizing transportation arrangements with the U.N.
Article extracted from this publication >> September 3, 1993
