In order to make best use of force numbers, ISAF commanders have ordered a reconfiguration that will see British troops hand control of the town of Musa Qal'ah to other ISAF forces over the coming weeks.
The reconfiguration is intended to better support Commander ISAF General Stanley McChrystal's strategy of winning over the population by protecting them from insurgents.
Under the current laydown of forces in Helmand, British forces are responsible for the protection of around 70 per cent of the population with only 30 per cent of the coalition troops; therefore the rebalancing of forces announced today will improve the ratio of ISAF and Afghan troops to civilians across Helmand's main areas of population.
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