Military personnel involved in the police training mission to Kunduz must not speak to the media, defence minister Hans Hillen told NOS radio news on Wednesday.

The gagging order is for their own safety, the minister said. Soldiers should always ‘keep their cards close to their chest’ and not tell the outside world what is happening because the enemy is always listening.
His remarks follow reports on Monday that police trainers in the Afghan province had complained in emails about ‘logistics chaos’. They had arrived in Kunduz six weeks ago but had not yet received the bulk of the supplies needed to do their job.
On Tuesday, Hillen admitted there had been problems with supplies caused by defective transport airplanes and the difficulty of arranging fly-over licences from neighbouring countries.