British forces 'very stretched'
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Forces cannot continue their commitments for much longer without changes, chief of defence staff tells MPs.
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Tribal animosities are flaring anew just as security forces seem stretched too thin to react.
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The majority of people in the UK are against the British military's presence in Afghanistan, a BBC poll suggests.
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The UK army last year sacked more than 700 troops, or the equivalent of a battalion, for drug use, a report says.
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The government faces pressure over plans to send UK troops to an area south of Baghdad, to assist US forces.
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British troops injured in combat receive &quot;appalling&quot; treatment, senior army officers and charities have said, The Daily Telegraph reported.
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The withdrawal of British troops from Basra was delayed due to US pressure, a UK commander in Iraq claims.
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Â· New demands on troops put pressure on projectsÂ· MoD denies combat training is being cut
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The NATO mission in Afghanistan is being undermined by members' failure to provide adequate troops and by serious strategic mistakes, a panel of British lawmakers said Wednesday in a report.
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Britain's new army chief warned that the country's military was stretched to its very limits, as authorities reeled from a deadly weekend plane crash and a new attack by Taliban insurgents.
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Britain's military is at the limit of its capacity and can barely cope with the demands placed on it, the head of Britain's army told The Guardian in an interview published in the newspaper's Monday edition.
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Taliban opposition to NATO forces in   Afghanistan is far tougher than expected when alliance troops   were initially deployed to aid reconstruction, British Defense   Minister Des Browne will say on Tuesday.
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Wounded British troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are receiving inadequate medical treatment similar to that reported by American veterans, relatives and British media reported Sunday.
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The Iraq war has strained U.S. forces to the point where they could not fight another large-scale war, according to a survey of military officers.
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Evidence emerges of growing concern over the scale of UK troop casualties in Afghanistan.
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The US army reserve serving in Iraq and Afghanistan is rapidly turning into a "broken" force, a leaked memo says.
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The government faces pressure over plans to send UK troops towards central Iraq to assist US forces.