More UK soldiers for Afghanistan
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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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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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Coalition forces in Afghanistan will need more troops next year if they are to exploit successes achieved this year, the force's commander David Richards told the BBC in an interview.
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The US military announced Tuesday it was sending 3,200 additional troops to Afghanistan to help counter an expected offensive by the Taliban militia and help train Afghan national soldiers.
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The UK government faces fresh claims that its troops in Afghanistan lack vital equipment.
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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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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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The defence secretary is due to confirm the deployment of an extra 1,000 UK troops to Afghanistan.
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NATO military authorities told allied defence ministers that two more battalions and support forces are needed to put down a Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan, officials said.
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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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The Ministry of Defence confirmed that two NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan on Saturday were British, taking to 50 the number killed since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001.
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Britain will increase its military presence in southern Afghanistan by about 800 troops to 5,800 this summer, Defense Secretary Des Browne said Thursday.
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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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The deployment of 3,300 extra 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.
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Two British soldiers who died fighting the Taleban in southern Afghanistan are named.
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Sixty soldiers from Britain's Royal Irish Regiment are to leave this week for southern Afghanistan, where they will join other British troop reinforcements, the army has said.
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NATO countries are not giving the  international force securing Afghanistan enough support and  there are worrying signs that the Taliban are growing stronger,  a detailed study by Britain&#39;s parliament has found.