4,000 British troops to be sent to troubled Afghan province

paktribune ^ | January 25 2006

[jmc1969]

THOUSANDS of British combat troops are expected to be sent to one of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan. John Reid, the Defence Secretary, is said to be ready to announce that 4,000 soldiers from 16 Air Assault Brigade, built around the 3rd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, will be sent to the Helmand province to help with its reconstruction.

Ministers have said that the rise in suicide bombings in Afghanistan is of great concern. Al-Qaeda forces have killed 100 US soldiers and thousands of civilians, and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s al-Qaeda group in Iraq is believed to have set up a new insurgency unit in southern Afghanistan.

The escalation in suicide attacks has raised alarm within Nato, which believes that the Taleban and its supporters are targeting southern Afghanistan because of the alliance’s plan to move into the region by spring, increasing the number of international troops in the country from 10,000 to 16,000.

[Domangart]

I wonder how bummed out they will be when they get all set to kill us and find that we aren't there.