Soldiers based in Musa Qal'ah in northern Helmand to be redeployed, but 800 troops will remain in Sangin. Richard Norton-Taylor reports for The Guardian.
Control of a key town in southern Afghanistan, twice captured by British troops and where 23 were killed, is to be handed over to the US marines, it was announced today.
Five hundred British soldiers based in Musa Qal'ah, in northern Helmand, will be redeployed further south to join most of the UK's remaining 10,000 troops in the province, Bob Ainsworth, the defence secretary, told MPs.
Continues at: guardian.co.uk - British troops hand over control of key Afghan town to US
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