Britain Sends 300 Fresh Troops To Afghanistan

From International Herald Tribune:

LONDON: Britain has sent 300 extra troops to Afghanistan and has pledged $10 million to ensure that next year's presidential elections in Afghanistan are free and fair, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday.

Brown, who Afghanistan, India and Pakistan over the weekend, told Parliament that additional U.K. troops have been sent to southern Afghanistan to reinforce soldiers fighting the a resurgent Taliban.

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