Some Afghan provinces to be handed over by spring: UK
By Adrian Croft | China Daily | Updated: 2010-07-17 06:37
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British troops in Afghanistan's Helmand province. A senior official at the UK Foreign Office said it might still be possible for Britain to hand over some Afghan provinces before next spring. Corporal Barry Lloyd / Ministry of Defense / Reuters |
LONDON - Afghan forces should be able to take control of several provinces from Western troops by next spring, a senior British official said on Thursday, scaling back a previous British and NATO goal of starting handovers in 2010.
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