British troops pull out of Afghan district

[maddezmom]

KABUL (AFP) - British troops are pulling out of a previously Taliban-infested district in southern Afghanistan at the request of officials and tribal elders, the NATO-led force said.

The move in the once-volatile district of Musa Qala in the southern province of Helmand was a first for NATO's International Security Assistance Force that is battling Taliban extremists waging an intense insurgency.

Helmand province governor Mohammad Daud said there had been no deal with the Taliban and rejected a reported statement by the rebel group that the Afghan flag would no longer fly in the district.

"The British military is pulling out of Musa Qala at the wish of governor Daud and with the agreement of tribal elders," a spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force told AFP.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061017/ts_afp/afghanistanunrestbritainnato_061017082351

[Chipper Chat]

1. White people are just sneaking out of the middle-east.

Little by little. Soon the Green Zone will be all that's left of Bush's footprint (or his buttprint).

[rodeodance]

2. umm.. Who to believe.