Britain to send 800 more troops to southern Afghanistan
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Britain is to send an additional 800 troops to southern Afghanistan, where they are bracing for a spring offensive by Taliban insurgents, Defence Secretary Des Browne has said.
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Hundreds of NATO and Afghan troops Sunday pushed on with a major anti-Taliban operation in which 14 British soldiers were killed in a plane crash while carrying out surveillance.
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In a step fraught with risks for Prime Minister Tony Blair, Britain agreed Thursday to send 850 of its soldiers from relatively peaceful southern Iraq to a volatile area near Baghdad
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NATO's top commander on Thursday urged allied nations to send reinforcements to southern Afghanistan, where resurgent Taliban militants are inflicting heavy casualties on foreign forces and have captured a remote town for the second time in two months.
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British troops in southern Afghanistan have clashed with Taliban fighters for the first time since deploying to the restive region earlier this year, a newspaper reported.
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Two British soldiers and more than two dozen Islamist Taliban insurgents were killed in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, Britain's Ministry of Defence and the U.S. military said.
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The British-led NATO force in southern  Afghanistan does not have enough troops to carry out its  mission and the Taliban show worrying signs of growing  stronger, a report by Britain&#39;s parliament has found.
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Britain will soon announce that it is bolstering its force in Afghanistan with an extra 1,000 soldiers, the Guardian newspaper reported Friday.
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The British-led NATO force in  Afghanistan does not have enough troops to carry out its  mission and the Taliban show worrying signs of growing  stronger, a report by Britain&#39;s parliament has found.
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The government has decided to send up to 1,000 extra troops to Afghanistan to fight a resurgent Taliban, days after announcing a major reduction in forces in Iraq.
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Britain is set to announce that it is sending up to 1,000 extra troops to Afghanistan, according to media reports Friday.
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The defence secretary is due to confirm the deployment of an extra 1,000 UK troops to Afghanistan.
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Britain will send up to 1,000 extra troops to Afghanistan to fight a resurgent Taliban, media said Friday, only days after the government announced a major reduction in forces in Iraq.
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A British-led multinational force launches an offensive against the Taleban in the southern Afghanistan.
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Poland will send at least 900 troops to bolster the NATO mission in Afghanistan, its defense minister said.
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A further deployment of British troops to Afghanistan is to be ordered by the government, the BBC learns.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has  pledged to give British troops in Afghanistan whatever  equipment they need in their "very, very tough" fight against  the Taliban.