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British paratroopers Private Danny Berk, right, and Corporal Scott Evens move through a hole blown in a compound wall by a grenade, Saturday Aug. 31, 2008
Friday, Oct. 17, 2008

Open quoteWe need 30,000 more soldiers to beat the Taliban.Close quote

  • General Sir DAVID RICHARDS,
  • who takes over Oct. 17 as the new head of the British Army in Afghanistan. Richards is in favor of a surge in the number of coalition forces in Afghanistan, 5,000 of whom, he says, should be British soldiers
Photo: SGT. ANTHONY BOOCOCK / MOD / AP | Source: The Independent