British paper says troops in Afghanistan lack equipment
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A British newspaper charged Saturday that the country&#39;s troops in Afghanistan were suffering severe shortages of equipment, but the defence ministry said the soldiers had the tools to accomplish their mission.
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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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Britain will send an extra 1,400 troops to Afghanistan because most NATO allies have refused to send soldiers to battle a resurgent Taliban, Defense Secretary Des Browne said on Monday.
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Coroner says it is 'inexcusable' sending troops into combat in Afghanistan without necessary equipment
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Two coroners criticise the Ministry of Defence for failing to give British soldiers the necessary   equipment.
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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.
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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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Sand-storms, heat and dirty laundry -- the three main complaints for some 2,500 British troops based at a make-shift camp in the middle of the &amp;quot;Desert of Death&amp;quot; in southern 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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Training time will be halved for troops bound for Afghanistan next year to address a shortfall, according to an early edition of The Times's Thursday newspaper.
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Britain may increase the number of troops it has in Afghanistan, according to a Nato spokesman.
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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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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - Fourteen British military   personnel died when their aircraft crashed in Afghanistan,   apparently after developing a technical problem, British and   NATO officials said on Saturday.
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A coroner criticised the Ministry of Defence Friday over a lack of equipment for troops, as he recorded a verdict of unlawful killing at the inquest into an army officer's death in Afghanistan.
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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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More than 1,000 extra British troops are to be sent to  Afghanistan 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.