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| Britain Will Increase Presence in Afghanistan | |
| 2007-02-04 | |
LONDON — Britain will increase its military presence in southern Afghanistan by about 800 troops to 5,800 this summer, Defense Secretary Des Browne said yesterday. But Britain's overall deployment in Afghanistan will only increase by 300 since the military also will reduce its manpower in Kabul, the capital, by 500, he said.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 Actually, the present government in India has made it clear that they want nothing to do with the international effort in Afghanistan, at least militarily. They are willing to permit NGOs to operate there, take contracts for road-building and transportation setup, and the like; just no military or paramilitary actions, outside that required to secure their borders. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2007-02-04 20:09 |
| #4 Ask India. They would happily send a few divisions. |
| Posted by: john 2007-02-04 19:47 |
| #3 IMHO his service is to be applauded, especially as he's supposedly bucked effort to hide him in the logistics chain and demanded frontline duty |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-02-04 17:09 |
| #2 Going to send one of the royals in, eh? |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-02-04 15:13 |
| #1 The Germans are worthless and won't go to Kabul as someone might actually shoot at them and that is verboten. |
| Posted by: Brett 2007-02-04 14:52 |