Troops die as UK holds back Afghan reinforcements - Times Online

Nato reveals that Britain withdrew an offer of 800 extra troops, reports Michael Smith in Kabul BRITAIN agreed to provide an extra 800 troops to allied forces fighting the Taliban in southern Afghanistan but later withdrew the offer, Nato officials disclosed last week. Lieutenant General David Richards, the commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, planned to use the 800-man force as troubleshooters, sending them into any area where fighting broke out. However, John Reid, then the defence secretary ...