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    US troops around the world

    The Associated Press
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    Associated Press•February 22, 2013

    The latest Pentagon numbers on troop strength around the world, as of Sept. 30, 2012, indicate that about there are 1.4 million U.S. troops on active duty worldwide, mostly based in the U.S. President Barack Obama also announced Friday the deployment of 100 troops in the African nation Niger, which borders war-torn Mali. There are 20 nations, including North Korea but mostly islands in the Caribbean and South Pacific, where the U.S. has no military presence.

    Largest contingents of U.S. troops around the world include:

    Afghanistan — 66,000

    Japan — 50,937

    Germany — 47,761

    South Korea — 27,500

    Kuwait — 16,012

    Italy — 10,922

    United Kingdom — 9,317

    Kyrgyzstan — 3,628

    Bahrain — 2,713

    Spain — 1,727

    Turkey — 1,505

    Belgium — 1,174

    Cuba — 996

    Source: Department of Defense.