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Britons hand Kandahar over to U.S. forces Published: Nov. 16, 2010 at 1:01 PM KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- More than 1,000 British troops will stay at an airfield in Kandahar, Afghanistan, despite the transfer to U.S. forces, the British Ministry of Defense said. British forces handed over command of an airfield in Kandahar this week. British Cmdr. Gordon Moulds, the top British military official in charge of operations there, said the base and its Afghan soldiers have experienced exponential growth since British troops arrived in 2006. "The Afghan air force has developed immensely," he said in a statement. "When I first got here, the mentors were doing most of the flying." He said more than 1,000 of his troops would stay behind, however, to continue operations from the airfield. British forces are centered in Helmand province acting in part in a training capacity for fledgling Afghan forces. The British government in October laid out a defense policy that called for cuts in spending but maintained the Afghan war as a "vital" security issue. The British transfer comes as NATO leaders head to Lisbon, Portugal, Friday for what authorities said would mark a dramatic new phase for the commitment to Afghanistan. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said allies at the Lisbon conference would look forward to a time when the Afghan government can lead security in the country. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said he would like his forces to take over responsibility of security operations by 2014. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
