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British prime minister visits Afghanistan

AUGUST 29, 2009 19:21

Britain's prime minister paid a surprise visit Saturday to British troops in southern Afghanistan, promising more help to cope with Taliban insurgents who have inflicted casualties on the embattled force and undercut support in Britain for the war. Prime Minister Gordon Brown, speaking to British soldiers and journalists at the British base in Lashkar Gah, pledged to provide more equipment to help overcome the threat of Taliban roadside bombs, a major threat to NATO forces. More than 200 British soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001 - more than Britain lost in the Iraq conflict.

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