UK : Afghan troop levels to hit 5,700
The number of UK troops in Afghanistan will peak at 5,700, Defence Secretary John Reid has told MPs. The majority will be sent to the south, to the volatile Helmand area, which Mr Reid admitted was "more demanding" than other regions in Afghanistan.He said they would be a "potent force" against the Taleban and drugs barons.
An extra 3,300 troops will go to the country to add to 1,100 already there and 1,950 announced earlier, but the total at any time will not top 5,700.
The deployment will cost £1bn over three years.
posted by _H_ at 12:27 am
3 Comments:
I agree the cost of supporting the agenda of the PNAC to this country has been shocking
You know I was one of the sad fools who was pleased when TB came into power (anything to get the tories out) boy do I feel foolish now.
One would think that after 4 years of operations in Afganistan we would be moving somewhere close to peace and the return of foreign troops to their countries.
This is becoming yet another lenghty conflict like Kashmir or Chechnya.
It woul probably be better to leave Afganis to themselves and spend all those huge sums of money on protecting western bordesr and information gathering.
Hope all this can stop soon and that governments start to spend more in other areas.
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