UK minister pledges equipment to troops in Afghanistan
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British troops fighting in Afghanistan will get whatever equipment they need, said finance minister Alistair Darling on Saturday, as pressure built on the government over its strategy after the death of eight soldiers.
The Ministry of Defence said six soldiers were killed by explosions in the southern Helmand province on Friday, a day after two others were killed. Britain has now lost more soldiers in Afghanistan - 184 - than it did in the 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq. (Reuters)
