UK to send more troops to Afghanistan, Brown confirms

Reported by guardian.co.uk on Wednesday, 14 October 2009 (on October 14, 2009)

Prime minister tells MPs an additional 500 troops will be sent to bolster the 9,000-strong British army already deployed in the countryBritain is to send a further 500 troops to Afghanistan, the prime..

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