The UN Security Council "voted unanimously on Thursday evening Central European Time to authorize the force, which will help Afghanistan's new interim government provide security in the Kabul area for six months. The British-led force now can deploy about 200 British marines to the streets of Kabul by Saturday, when a 30-member interim government is scheduled to take power for six months."
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