British Forces in Afghanistan

[ianess]

At present the UK has 893 troops stationed in Afghanistan, following the US-led invasion.

In January 2006 a major increase was announced, with numbers set to rise to a peak of 5,700 over the following three years at a cost of �1bn. Most are being sent to the volatile Helmand area in southern Afghanistan.

That was a quote from today's BBC website.

Does anyone know what the h*ll is going on?

[Zen]

Because the Yanks are bogged down in their new Vietnam(Iraq) we have to go help them in Afghanistan.
At a cost of 1 Billion pounds,we are using the anti drugs role as an excuse,it would be cheaper to buy the drugs off the farmers and dispose of them ourselves.

[Lonnie]

We all know what our troops are doing there, and why, I think the real question is how do we get out, and without paying too much to the Afghan goverment.

[*ALFIE*]

.....hmmm...British Forces in Afghanistan ? I predict another terror attack on England coming soon.. :(

[bazwillrun]

At the behest of of certain governments the coalition press only lets you know what they are told to let you know about the current situation in Afghanistan.

The troops are not going out there to help "rebuild" they are going out there to try and stop the Taliban from getting control again, which by all accounts that i have managed to read on the internet they are doing quite successfully. Outside of the major cities like Kabul the Taliban and other assorted "warlords" are firmly in control, using their modus operandi of choice, violence fear, murder etc. For the past few years there have been numerous murders and bombings carried out by the very people we thought we had eradicated, but the press in the UK have been playing them down , if reporting them at all.

Even our own troops on their web sites are saying they are against it

Dont let John Reid fool you, just like his previous position in Health he is lying through his back teeth

no change there then !