Improper Training And Equipment Is Costing British Soldier’s Lives In Afghanistan
Coroner promises to raise concerns about deaths of four British troops with the Ministry of Defence.
The first British woman soldier to be killed in Afghanistan was inadequately trained and lacked vital equipment, a coroner ruled yesterday.
At the end of an inquest into the deaths of Corporal Sarah Bryant, 26, and three Territorial Army reservists, the Wiltshire coroner David Masters recorded verdicts of unlawful killing in all four cases and said he would raise concerns with the Ministry of Defence about “theatre-wide” equipment shortages and gaps in training which led to the deaths.
Afghanistan War News Updates — March 7, 2010
The prime minister, Gordon Brown, arrives at the Showal forward operating base in Lashkar Gah, southern Afghanistan. Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters
Prime minister pledges support to UK troops as senior army figures accuse government of starving MoD of funds for Iraq war
Gordon Brown visited British troops in Afghanistan today and pledged to provide them with all possible support and equipment as he faced criticism from senior military figures over his evidence at the Iraq war inquiry.
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British PM Visits Troops in Afghanistan — Voice of America
Gordon Brown visits Afghan troops amid defence row — BBC
At least fifty killed in Taliban clashes — The Independent
Afghan president visits town seized from Taliban — Yahoo News/AP
Marines have won Marjah battle and now fight for hearts and minds — The Telegraph
Afghan Drug Trade Complicates U.S. Task in Marjah — Yahoo News/Time Magazine
SAS in Afghanistan suffers worst losses for 60 years — Times Online
McChrystal orders troops to avoid night raids – Stars And Stripes
Karzai calls on Taliban to stop attacking schools — Reuters
Army launches investigation: Corrupt Afghans stealing millions from aid funds — The Independent
UN envoy says Afghan strategy is too ‘military-driven’ — McClatchy News
Problems with civilian ’surge’ could upset Afghan timetable — McClatchy News
Red Cross Condemns Use of Improvised Mines in Southern Afghanistan — Voice of America
Letting Women Reach Women In Afghan War — New York Times
Ready, aim, hold your fire — Washington Times editorial
The Growing Importance Of Women Soldiers In The Afghan Theater
Female Marines at Camp Pendleton, Calif., will be sent to Helmand Province next month to try to win over rural Afghan women. The War Over The Airwaves In Afghanistan
ABC News’ Miguel Marquez Embedded With Marines in Marja, Afghanistan
It’s a remarkable combination of psychological warfare, political roundtable and trash-talking.
Afghanistan War News Updates — February 25, 2010
The arrest of Mullah Baradar was kept secret for about a week before Pakistan and the White House confirmed it on Feb 17 and hailed it as a big success in the fight against terrorism. 
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