Britain To Increase Troops In Southern Afghanistan
February 01, 2007
A British ISAF soldier in Kabul in September (epa)
Defense Minister Des Browne today said Britain's overall deployment in Afghanistan will only increase by 300 since the military will reduce its manpower in the capital, Kabul, by 500.
Britain hands over command of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) to the United States on February 4.
(AFP, Reuters)