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Brown vows troop surge in Afghanistan

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Kabul : Afghanistan | about 1 month ago

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Military experts said Brown wants to show British support for the war as the US debates an increase in its Afghan troop levels and he is unlikely to call off the deployment. Also on Wednesday, the white House announced that the US was "thankful" to Britain for sending extra troops to Afghanistan, acknowledging...

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