British troops to be sent to Afghanistan
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Britain's Defense Secretary Des Browne on Monday announced the deployment of 1,400 extra troops to Afghanistan to tackle a threatened Taliban spring offensive, days after Tony Blair announced a major withdrawal from Iraq.
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LONDON -- Britain said yesterday it will increase its troop strength in southern Afghanistan to bolster NATO forces battling Taliban militants, days after Prime Minister Tony Blair said he was pulling some British troops out of Iraq.
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The British Ministry of Defense confirmed on Sunday that the US has sent a request to the British government for redeployment of the British forces stationed in Iraq because the US troops stationed in Iraq are preparing for new military actions in Fallujah
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Territory in Afghanistan taken in battles by British troops may have to be retaken, the Nato commander warns.
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Britain&#039;s Defence Secretary Des Browne said he was considering &amp;quot;as a matter of urgency&amp;quot; whether to send additional troops to Afghanistan, where six British soldiers have died in the last month.
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Territory in Afghanistan taken in battle by British troops may have to be retaken, the Nato commander warns.
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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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British soldiers in Afghanistan are involved in some of the worst and most prolonged fighting since World War II, the British commander of NATO forces in the country said.
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The deployment of British troops to the restive southern province of Helmand in Afghanistan has &amp;quot;energised&amp;quot; the Taliban, Britain&#039;s Defence Secretary Des Browne admitted in an interview.
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LONDON - British troops will be sent to central Iraq from the country&#39;s south, UK Defence Minister Geoffrey Hoon said Thursday.
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There are too few British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and they do not have all the equipment they need, increasing the risk they may fail in their missions there, a parliamentary committee report due out Wednesday will warn, The Guardian said.
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More troops will be sent to southern Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Des Browne announces.
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British forces carry out an operation against the Taleban in Garmsir, southern Afghanistan.
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Britain is to announce that it will send up to 1,000 extra troops to Afghanistan, according to media reports Friday, sparking claims that it is being forced to take up the slack from its NATO allies.
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British military chiefs have been told to get ready for sending thousands of troops to the troubled region of Darfur in Sudan in 2005, the Independent newspaper reported on Sunday.
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British troops could be in Afghanistan for decades, the country's Defence Secretary Des Browne said in comments published Sunday.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair ordered military chiefs to send up to 3,000 troops to the Sudanese western region of Darfur. The order means that Blair dismissed the concerns that the British army is already