UK troops hand over Afghan reins
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British forces in Afghanistan are due to hand control of Nato's International Security Assistance Force to the US.
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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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Territory in Afghanistan taken in battle by British troops may have to be retaken, the Nato commander warns.
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The commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Forces on Saturday said troops will "kick the Taliban out and defeat them" after Taliban forces took control in the southern Afghan district of Musa Qala overnight, shouldering out a locally raised force of auxiliary police loyal to the Afghan government.
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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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British troops begin the move north to take over operations from US troops in central Iraq.
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Britain welcomed Tuesday an announcement that Iraqi forces will take over the southern province of Basra, currently under the security control of around 5,200 British troops, in mid-December.
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Britain has warned that the credibility of NATO is at stake in Afghanistan after it was surprised by the strength of resisitance from the Taliban, the country's hardline former rulers.
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BASRA, Iraq  - Britain handed over security to Iraqi forces on Sunday in the last of four provinces it once patrolled, effectively marking the end of nearly five years of British control of southern Iraq.
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BASRA, Iraq  - Britain will transfer responsibility for security in Basra province to Iraqi forces on Sunday, effectively marking the end of nearly five years of British control of the southern part of Iraq.
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NATO will soon assume direct control over most military operations in Afghanistan, a move that will place 12,000 more U.S. troops under its authority, a spokesman for the alliance said Sunday.
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The Nato alliance is to assume charge of security over the entirety of Afghanistan on Thursday.
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The UK hits back at claims by Afghan President Hamid Karzai that UK troops are making the country's situation worse.
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KABUL, Feb. 4 -- The highest-ranking U.S. general to lead troops in Afghanistan took command of 35,500 NATO soldiers Sunday after nine months of British command.
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British forces formally handed over responsibility Sunday for the last region in Iraq under their control, marking the start of what Britain hopes will be a transition to a mission aimed at aiding the economy and providing jobs in an oil-rich region beset by militia infighting.
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Britain will soon announce it is bolstering its force in Afghanistan with an extra 1,000 soldiers, British media reported Friday, days after the country said it plans to withdraw 1,600 troops from Iraq in coming months.
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The United States, which has just doubled its combat troops in Afghanistan, took over command of the 33,000-strong NATO force in the country on Sunday amid warnings of a bloody spring offensive by the Taliban.