German soldiers too fat and too drunk to fight Taliban fanatics
London, Dec 4 (ANI): German soldiers in Afghanistan have been accused of being too fat and too drunk to fight Taliban fanatics.
According to a report, last year 3,500 German troops in Afghanistan downed 1.7million pints of beer and 90,000 bottles of wine.
MPs have said that these soldiers live on ‘beer and sausages’.
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