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To: LindyBill who started this subject3/20/2004 5:09:30 AM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (2) of 793955
 
I hope all of this isn't for nothing.



UK sends in special forces
19/03/2004 17:04 - (SA)

Kabul - Britain has sent about 100 special forces to Afghanistan as the hunt for Al-Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri heats up, an airport official said on Friday.

The British soldiers arrived at Kabul International Airport on March 10 and left the same night for an unknown destination, said the official, who asked not to be named.

British special forces "looking like SAS" embarked from their plane and waited on the tarmac until nightfall before taking off in their vehicles, said the official, referring to Britain's elite Special Air Service.

A spokesperson for the British embassy in Kabul said he was unable to comment on operations involving special forces.

Britain has a small number of troops serving as part of the 13 500-strong United States-led coalition in Afghanistan.

However, there are about 420 British soldiers working as part of the Nato-led peacekeeping international security assistance force here.

The news comes as Afghan, Pakistani and United States-led coalition forces beefed up their operations along the Afghan-Pakistan border to capture Al-Qaeda militants and their Taliban allies.

Jordan sent a contingent of about 100 special forces to the southeastern border areas of Afghanistan this week, an Afghan military official said on Friday.

The Arab-speaking soldiers will try to infiltrate Arabs working with al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, said the official.

Edited by Iaine Harper
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