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Britain to double number of troops in Afghanistan

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Britain would contribute 440 more non-combat troops to the NATO mission in the war-torn country. This will increase number of UK soldiers will in the country to 1,090.

The Guardian reported on Wednesday Prime Minister Teresa May would announce the troop surge in her speech at the NATO summit in the Belgian capital.

Fifty percent of the additional service members will deploy from the Welsh Guards in August and the rest by February 2019. May’s predecessor David Cameron . . .

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