COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 01, SPA -- Denmark will increase its military contingent in Afghanistan by about a third, to 600, to join reconstruction effort, the government said Tuesday. The 200 new troops would be in charge of security ofcivilian advisers who will help set up 200 schools and acenter to train teachers in the volatile Helmand provincein the south, Foreign Aid Minister Ulla Toernaes said. «It is extremely important to focus on Afghanistan'slong-term development,» Toernaes said in a live interviewwith the TV2 News channel. «To this effect, the educationsector plays a very big and essential role.»--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/445893