October 1, 2006
Posted at 4:39 pm on Sunday the 1st
Interesting tactical development, which would also seem to leave the local populace in limbo.
British troops battling the Taliban are to withdraw from one of the most dangerous areas of Afghanistan after agreeing a secret deal with the local people.
Over the past two months British soldiers have come under sustained attack defending a remote mud-walled government outpost in the town of Musa Qala in southern Afghanistan. Eight have been killed there.
It has now been agreed the troops will quietly pull out of Musa Qala in return for the Taliban doing the same. The compound is one of four district government offices in the Helmand province that are being guarded by British troops. Article
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GLOSSARY
IIO = Illegal Invasion and Occupation
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