Taliban time for Britain; The army in Afghanistan.(The army is fighting hard in Helmand)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: July 8, 2006 | Copyright information

No rest for the weary

The paras are supposed to be in Helmand to make peace, not war

BRITISH troops have history in Afghanistan, where 3,300 have been sent to lead a NATO peacekeeping operation. The NATO barracks in Kabul is built where British armies camped during two 19th- century wars. Southern Helmand province, where most of the modern lot are, saw the loss of over 1,500 British troops then. By those standards, the killing of six British soldiers by Taliban insurgents in the past three weeks is a modest loss. But it is heavy to some, especially on the opposition ...

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