Troops in Afghanistan
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Asked repeatedly to comment on reports that British troops were being sent to Afghanistan without full military training, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Government’s response was that there was absolutely no question of compromising on our training standards or sending troops into operational theatres unprepared. There was no question of units being employed under-strength and where units earmarked to deploy were below establishment, these would continue to be backfilled by other units as appropriate.
Put that there had been several allegations that some units were sent out under-strength and could the PMS be categorical that that was not happening, the PMS said that the position that the Ministry of Defence were setting out, was that there was no question of compromising on our training standards or sending troops into operational theatres unprepared.
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