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ARMY: SEND MORE 'COPTERS OR WE'LL LOSE IN HELMAND; EXCLUSIVE SUNDAY Mirror FIGHTING FOR OUR TROOPS.(News)
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Byline: By RUPERT HAMER Defence Correspondent
BRITISH commanders in Afghanistan have warned our soldiers risk defeat because of a serious shortage of helicopters.
They say they urgently need at least 30 per cent more choppers in Helmand province - but have been told more will not be sent for at least a ...
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; The newly appointed governor of Helmand province has vowed to hold face-to-face...involved in reconciliation projects in Helmand. But Mangal will have the full support...governor to take over the poisoned chalice of Helmand from Asadullah Wafa, an elderly businessman...
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Emerging Epicenter In the Afghan War; NATO Aims to Loosen Taliban's Grip in Helmand
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; ...his village in the southern province of Helmand, Taliban gunmen patrol the streets and...right now, problems are tough to avoid in Helmand. As the weather improves and Afghanistan...insurgency. With a weak government presence in Helmand, the Taliban has gained more control there...
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Helmand troops are left with no doctors
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; ...shortfalls of vital equipment remain in Helmand, where 7,000 troops are based. The Ministry...spending three weeks on the front line in Helmand with the Royal Anglian Regiment, however...doctor * the main military hospital in Helmand has run out of beds twice in six months...
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Britain pulls back on Helmand reconstruction
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...withdrawn its senior development adviser from Helmand in Afghanistan, crippling the promised...Britain's deployment of 3,300 troops to Helmand in January, ministers said its purpose...Army officer who recently returned from Helmand said the harsh conditions, and the relative...
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Taliban time for Britain; The army in Afghanistan.(The army is fighting hard in Helmand)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; ...weary The paras are supposed to be in Helmand to make peace, not war BRITISH troops...during two 19th- century wars. Southern Helmand province, where most of the modern lot...troops, including British paratroopers in Helmand. And the Americans have neglected it...
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Sacked for 'corruption and drug-dealing', but warlord seeks return to power in Helmand
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...former governor of the Afghan province of Helmand, who was sacked at Britain's insistence...for the deployment of British forces to Helmand in 2006. His reinstatement, if it takes...serious problems for Britain, which has made Helmand the focus of its main military and financial...
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Behind enemy lines with the Taliban of Helmand ; In this exclusive report for the 'IoS', three members of the Taliban waging war on British troops in Afghanistan tell Chris Sands why they feel they have no choice but to take up arms against the 'foreign invaders'
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday
; ...set out on the journey from his home in Helmand to the neighbouring province of Kandahar...Zahir said. "Let me tell you, in all of Helmand there are maybe 100 people working with...Independent on Sunday with two other Talibs from Helmand. A third party closely linked to the militants...
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Putting the Hell in Helmand; Afghanistan.(Afghanistan's Helmand province)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; ...the optimism Afghans in his province of Helmand felt when the Taliban were defeated in...Akhtar speaks for many. In ten days in Helmand this correspondent found no one who would...everyone else, he blames the insecurity in Helmand for making life a misery, and his wealth...
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UK to hand control of Helmand 'hot spots' to Afghan army
Newspaper article from: Belfast Telegraph
; ...security" in the most dangerous parts of Helmand by the end of the year. He said the provincial...in three hotspot towns in "the heart of Helmand", and it was his job to help that happen...Gereshk controls the main road which links Helmand to the rest of Afghanistan, and Sangin...
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UK troops to hand control of Helmand 'hot spots' to Afghan army
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...security in the most dangerous parts of Helmand by the end of the year. He said the provincial...in three hotspot towns in the heart of Helmand, and it was his job to help that happen...Gereshk controls the main road which links Helmand to the rest of Afghanistan, and Sangin...
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