so what are the coalition forces over there for anyway; for betterment or for the american's; who is bulling who ...

Reid adds to confusion over role of UK troops in Afghanistan
IAN BRUCE, Defence Correspondent April 24 2006, Herald & Times

The minister insisted there were fundamental differences between the role of British troops in Helmand and US soldiers elsewhere in Afghanistan. He said the US mission was to "go and chase and kill terrorists who did so much to destroy New York's Twin Towers in 2001", while our aim was to "help and protect the Afghan people while they construct their own democracy".

Reid adds to confusion over role of UK troops in Afghanistan
IAN BRUCE, Defence Correspondent April 24 2006, Herald & Times

JOHN Reid added to military confusion over the role of Britain's forthcoming deployment to Afghanistan yesterday, announcing that "coalition troops must maintain the offensive against Taliban and al Qaeda militants".

The defence secretary spoke after arriving for a whistlestop visit to Kabul as fighting flared across two southern provinces, in which at least three Taliban insurgents and two security personnel were killed in Uruzgan and Kandahar.

Insurgents overran a civilian construction company compound and burned 14 trucks and bulldozers close to where four Canadian soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb north of Kandahar on Saturday.

Mr Reid had previously denied that two 1200-man Royal Marines' battlegroups due to arrive there in October had been briefed to conduct "search and destroy" missions in the east of Helmand province, near its border with Pakistan.

Senior commanders were initially ordered to support Afghan government forces in the drive to eliminate poppy crops that end up as heroin on Britain's streets, carry out reconstruction on the country's shattered infrastructure, and establish security.
Mr Reid denied that military leaders had already asked for reinforcements for the 3300 soldiers due to arrive there over the next two months.

The brigade-sized deployment has 1200 combat troops, based around a single battalion of the Parachute Regiment, backed by eight Apache attack helicopters to control one of the most lawless provinces in Afghanistan.

The minister insisted there were fundamental differences between the role of British troops in Helmand and US soldiers elsewhere in Afghanistan. He said the US mission was to "go and chase and kill terrorists who did so much to destroy New York's Twin Towers in 2001", while our aim was to "help and protect the Afghan people while they construct their own democracy".

JOHN Reid added to military confusion over the role of Britain's forthcoming deployment to Afghanistan yesterday, announcing that "coalition troops must maintain the offensive against Taliban and al Qaeda militants".

The defence secretary spoke after arriving for a whistlestop visit to Kabul as fighting flared across two southern provinces, in which at least three Taliban insurgents and two security personnel were killed in Uruzgan and Kandahar.
Insurgents overran a civilian construction company compound and burned 14 trucks and bulldozers close to where four Canadian soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb north of Kandahar on Saturday.

Mr Reid had previously denied that two 1200-man Royal Marines' battlegroups due to arrive there in October had been briefed to conduct "search and destroy" missions in the east of Helmand province, near its border with Pakistan.

Senior commanders were initially ordered to support Afghan government forces in the drive to eliminate poppy crops that end up as heroin on Britain's streets, carry out reconstruction on the country's shattered infrastructure, and establish security.
Mr Reid denied that military leaders had already asked for reinforcements for the 3300 soldiers due to arrive there over the next two months.

The brigade-sized deployment has 1200 combat troops, based around a single battalion of the Parachute Regiment, backed by eight Apache attack helicopters to control one of the most lawless provinces in Afghanistan.

The minister insisted there were fundamental differences between the role of British troops in Helmand and US soldiers elsewhere in Afghanistan. He said the US mission was to "go and chase and kill terrorists who did so much to destroy New York's Twin Towers in 2001", while our aim was to "help and protect the Afghan people while they construct their own democracy".

JOHN Reid added to military confusion over the role of Britain's forthcoming deployment to Afghanistan yesterday, announcing that "coalition troops must maintain the offensive against Taliban and al Qaeda militants".

The defence secretary spoke after arriving for a whistlestop visit to Kabul as fighting flared across two southern provinces, in which at least three Taliban insurgents and two security personnel were killed in Uruzgan and Kandahar.
Insurgents overran a civilian construction company compound and burned 14 trucks and bulldozers close to where four Canadian soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb north of Kandahar on Saturday.

Mr Reid had previously denied that two 1200-man Royal Marines' battlegroups due to arrive there in October had been briefed to conduct "search and destroy" missions in the east of Helmand province, near its border with Pakistan.

Senior commanders were initially ordered to support Afghan government forces in the drive to eliminate poppy crops that end up as heroin on Britain's streets, carry out reconstruction on the country's shattered infrastructure, and establish security.
Mr Reid denied that military leaders had already asked for reinforcements for the 3300 soldiers due to arrive there over the next two months.

The brigade-sized deployment has 1200 combat troops, based around a single battalion of the Parachute Regiment, backed by eight Apache attack helicopters to control one of the most lawless provinces in Afghanistan.

The minister insisted there were fundamental differences between the role of British troops in Helmand and US soldiers elsewhere in Afghanistan. He said the US mission was to "go and chase and kill terrorists who did so much to destroy New York's Twin Towers in 2001", while our aim was to "help and protect the Afghan people while they construct their own democracy".