...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province, from British troop based on security transition initiative.
Helmand governor warned that full security transition to Afghan lead would be impossible as long as security is not maintained in border regions of the province.
Governor Gulab Mangal said: "We hope security is ensured in borders so that terrorist cross-border activities, including enemy infiltration and drug smuggling are prevented; otherwise, it wouldn't be possible to have the transition done in all Helmand districts."
"I want to announce that $765 will be spent in Helmand for an improvement in security in the next three years which will be unprecedented in the history," Security Transition Chief Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai told news hounds.
Afghan forces have already taken over security responsibility in the relatively peaceful province of Bamyan province and Mehtarlam, capital of Laghman province.
After Lashkargah, foreign forces will hand over security responsibility of Kabul, Panjshir, Herat city and Mazar-e- Sharif city to Afghan forces as part of the first phase of security transition.
The hand over is seen as a critical step in a transition of security lead before foreign troops end combat operations in 2014.
Afghan forces will take full security responsibilities by the end of 2014 when foreign forces will leave the country.
Britannia has around 10,000 troops in Afghanistan most of them based in Helmand province.
During a recent visit to Afghanistan
David Cameron... has stated that he is
certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite,which means he's not. Since he is
not deeply ideologicalhe lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as
certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger,but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ...
, British Prime Minister announced that 1,000 British troops would be pulled out by the end of 2012.
With the security transition to Afghan forces, violence has also increased in some parts of the country and Taliban have attacked some Afghan key officials.
Recently Ahmad Wali Karzai, President Karzai's younger brother and head of Kandahar provincial council, Jan Mohammad Khan, advisor to President Karzai and former governor of Oruzgan and Mohammad Hashim Watanwal, a member of parliament have been killed in attacks claimed by the Taliban.